Re: Dynamic tick for 2.6.14 - what's the plan?

[Tony Lindgren]

* Tony Lindgren <tony@xxxxxxxxxxx> [050831 16:21]:
> * Srivatsa Vaddagiri <vatsa@xxxxxxxxxx> [050831 14:20]:
> > On Wed, Aug 31, 2005 at 04:47:05PM +0530, Srivatsa Vaddagiri wrote:
> > > On Wed, Aug 31, 2005 at 01:03:05PM +0200, Arjan van de Ven wrote:
> > > > that sounds like a fundamental issue that really needs to be fixed
> > > > first!
> > > 
> > > It should be fixed by the patch here:
> > > http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=111556608901657&w=2
> > 
> > Actually, a solution to take care of sleeping CPUs was there quite some 
> > time back. The above patch only fixes a race in that solution.
> > 
> > Tony,
> > 	Which kernel version did you see the slow bootup? 
> 
> I'll try it out, but sounds like it won't help then.
> 
> This is on ARM OMAP and 2.6.12. I haven't been able to play with the
> x86 stuff lately, hopefully will have a chance soonish...

It could be that the slow bootup is currently just OMAP specific issue,
I'll post more info when I find out.

Tony
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