Re: [PATCH 9/10] Vmi timer update.patch

[Jeremy Fitzhardinge]

Zachary Amsden wrote:
>        /*
>         * Avoid unnecessary state transitions, as it confuses
>         * Geode / Cyrix based boxen.
>         */
>        case CLOCK_EVT_MODE_SHUTDOWN:
>                if (evt->mode == CLOCK_EVT_MODE_UNUSED)
>                        break;
>        case CLOCK_EVT_MODE_UNUSED:
>                if (evt->mode == CLOCK_EVT_MODE_SHUTDOWN)
>                        break;
>        case CLOCK_EVT_MODE_ONESHOT:
>                /* One shot setup */
>                outb_p(0x38, PIT_MODE);
>
> So switching from PIT to VMI does not disable PIT timer interrupts. 
> Thus I have to keep this part of the patch.

Why not submit a patch to do what you need here?  (The Geode comment is
a bit worrying though.)

    J
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