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    SubjectRe: [PATCH 2.6.21-rt2] PowerPC: decrementer clockevent driver
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    On Fri, 2007-05-18 at 19:06 +0400, Sergei Shtylyov wrote:
    > Daniel Walker wrote:
    >
    > >>I haven't looked at all the new clock/timer code, is there any
    > >>utility in having support for more than one clock source?
    >
    > > There is if the main clocksource has some issues where it can't be used.
    >
    > You mean, having more than one clocksource is *useful* in this case?

    Yes.

    > Well, the decrementer frequency may change, at least in theory (if the bus
    > clock changes).

    Does that happen very often?

    Daniel

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