Re: No 100 HZ timer !

From: schwidefsky@de.ibm.com
Date: Tue Apr 10 2001 - 02:29:57 EST


>Its worth doing even on the ancient x86 boards with the PIT. It does
require
>some driver changes since
>
>
> while(time_before(jiffies, we_explode))
> poll_things();
>
>no longer works
On S/390 we have a big advantage here. Driver code of this kind does not
exist.
That makes it a lot easier for us compared to other architectures. As I
said in
the original posting, the patch I have is working fine for S/390.

blue skies,
   Martin

Linux/390 Design & Development, IBM Deutschland Entwicklung GmbH
Schönaicherstr. 220, D-71032 Böblingen, Telefon: 49 - (0)7031 - 16-2247
E-Mail: schwidefsky@de.ibm.com

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