Re: [PATCH v5 2/5] tick: Add freeze timer events

[Thomas Gleixner]

On Tue, 18 Jul 2017, dbasehore . wrote:
> On Tue, Jul 18, 2017 at 3:22 PM, Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > The HPET consists of several independent comparator units. The kernel uses
> > only a limited set of them. We can reserve one or more for that purpose, so
> > it does not require any multiplexing or whatever. How many of them do you
> > need?
> >
> 
> I just need one. Is it a different irq than the RTC? It would be nice
> if we could avoid going through the s2idle_loop code.

Yes, it is a different IRQ.

Thanks,

	tglx