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    SubjectRe: [tip:perf/core] perf/x86: Clean up cap_user_time* setting
    On Mon, Oct 07, 2013 at 11:33:22AM +0200, Peter Zijlstra wrote:
    > On Sun, Oct 06, 2013 at 11:10:54AM +0200, Ingo Molnar wrote:
    > > I'm fully with you, please zap the 'notsc' boot option - it's an ancient
    > > relic, if any box is still broken with the TSC on we want to hear about it
    > > and fix it!
    >
    > something like so?
    >
    > ---
    > Subject: x86: Remove 'notsc' option for X86_TSC=y kernels
    >
    > The 'notsc' thing is an ancient relic, if there's still any hardware
    > that needs this we need to hear about it.
    >
    > This only removes the option for X86_TSC=y kernels; X86_TSC=n kernels
    > can still use it to force remove the TSC capability flag.
    >
    > Since this removes the tsc_disabled=1 assignment, also remove all
    > tsc_disabled>0 tests as those will never be true.
    >
    > Suggested-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
    > Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>

    OK, so I forgot to compile this this morning; but I now found
    apicpmtimer somehow calls notsc_setup(). I've no idea why, but can
    someone who knows this crap take a look?


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