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    SubjectRe: Documentation/timers/hpet_example.c compile bug
    On 05/30/10 19:49, Arjan van de Ven wrote:
    > On Sun, 30 May 2010 19:34:35 -0700
    > Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@oracle.com> wrote:
    >>
    >> Does it even make sense to build hpet_example on s390?
    >> I.e., does s390 have hpet?
    >> If not, then a simple Kconfig "depends on X86" or "depends on !S390"
    >> will fix this.
    >
    > HPET is very PC specific.
    >
    > but.. even on x86, it does not really make sense, and exposing this as
    > an interface to userspace is a historical mistake, the use of which we
    > really ought to discourage.

    Do you mean exposing anything that is in /usr/include/linux/hpet.h via ioctls?
    especially struct hpet_info ?

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    ~Randy
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