Hi,
On Thu, 6 Apr 2006, Thomas Gleixner wrote:
> On Mon, 2006-04-03 at 21:55 +0200, Roman Zippel wrote:
> > struct clocksource {
> > char *name;
> > @@ -58,11 +57,11 @@ struct clocksource {
> > u32 mult;
> > u32 shift;
> > int (*update_callback)(void);
> > - int is_continuous;
>
> This field was introduced to have a clear property description. The
> rating field might be used for this, but from a given rating on a
> particular CPU architecture it might be hard to deduce whether this
> clock source is good enough so we can switch to high resolution timer
> mode.
Currently this field isn't needed and as soon we have a need for it, we
can add proper capability information.
bye, Roman
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