Re: [patch 2.6.26] /dev/hpet - fixes and cleanup

[H. Peter Anvin]

David Brownell wrote:
> On x86_64 the vsyscall stuff should kick in for gettimeofday()
> when HPET is in use, eliminating the need for /dev/hpet mmapping.
>
> I don't really know vsyscalls ... but if that could be done on
> i386 systems, the last argument for /dev/hpet would seem gone...

i386 already uses vsyscalls.

	-hpa
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