Re: [PATCH] [15/58] i386: Rewrite sched_clock

On Thursday 19 July 2007 19:31:56 Daniel Walker wrote:

> >From my perspective a downside to sched_clock is that the math is
> duplicated per architecture .. I think it would be a win to use the
> generic functions if it's possible..

They can't be used because they're not cpu local. The whole basic 
concept behind the new sched_clock is to be cpu local. 

-Andi
 
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