[RFC 0/4] Using HPET in MSI mode and setting up per CPU HPET timers

[venkatesh . pallipadi]

Patchset that uses HPET timers in MSI mode (when supported) and sets up per
CPU HPET timers. This removes the dependency on IRQ0 timer broadcast with LAPIC
stopping in deep C-state, on platforms that support HPET MSI mode.

On my test system with dual core CPU, the number of timer related interrupts
(HPET_MSI + IRQ0 + LAPIC) comes down from 180 to 95 over a period of 10s,
with these patches.
This is on an idle system with tickless enabled and when system is idle.

Patches against tip.

-- 

--
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in
the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
More majordomo info at  http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
Please read the FAQ at  http://www.tux.org/lkml/