On Mon, Sep 05, 2005 at 11:02:25AM +0530, Srivatsa Vaddagiri wrote:
> I don't see provisions for all these in the current ARM implementation.
That's because, like x86, we've been ignoring each other. ARM
doesn't handle dyntick SMP yet - ARM is fairly young as far as
SMP issues goes, and as yet doesn't include a full SMP
implementation in mainline.
Despite that, the timers as implemented on the hardware are not
suitable for dyntick use - attempting to use them, you lose long
term precision of the timer interrupts.
> 5. Don't see how DYN_TICK_SKIPPING is being used. In SMP scenario,
> it doesnt make sense since it will have to be per-cpu. The bitmap
> that I talked of exactly tells that (whether a CPU is skipping
> ticks or not).
What's DYN_TICK_SKIPPING and what's it used for? It looks like
a redundant definition left over from Tony's original implementation.
--
Russell King
Linux kernel 2.6 ARM Linux - http://www.arm.linux.org.uk/
maintainer of: 2.6 Serial core
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