Re: + paravirt-vmi-timer-patches.patch added to -mm tree

[Daniel Walker]

On Fri, 2006-12-15 at 14:27 -0800, akpm@xxxxxxxx wrote:
> +
> +config NO_IDLE_HZ
> +       bool
> +       depends on PARAVIRT
> +       default y
> +       help
> +         Switches the regular HZ timer off when the system is going
> idle.
> +         This helps a hypervisor detect that the Linux system is
> idle,
> +         reducing the overhead of idle systems. 


There is already a dynamic tick (NO_HZ) system in the -mm tree .. Given
that this implementation seems unnecessary. Why do you need another
different system to do this?

Daniel

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