Re: [PATCH] linux-2.5.59_timer-tsc-cleanup_A0

john stultz (johnstul@us.ibm.com)
17 Jan 2003 11:16:29 -0800


On Fri, 2003-01-17 at 01:02, Dominik Brodowski wrote:
> Hi John,
>
> On Fri, Jan 17, 2003 at 09:47:33AM +0100, john stultz wrote:
> > Linus, Andrew, All,
> > Just a resend/resync for 2.5.59. This patch cleans up the
> > timer_tsc code, removing the unused use_tsc variable and making
> > fast_gettimeoffset_quotient static.
>
> use_tsc is _not_ unused -- it's used at least in time_cpufreq_notifier (even
> though time_cpufreq_notifier didn't introduce use_tsc, it's in there the
> same way it's in 2.4. time.c ). So please don't remove it.

<Groan> Oh yikes, that totally snuck by me.

Thanks for pointing that out, I'll remove the chance from my patch
immediately.

thanks again,
-dumbo^W-john

-
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in
the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org
More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/