Hello. Without the attached patch, I wasn't able to get the PIT to work as a clocksource for high-res timers. I don't know whether the patch is correct, but I tested it and it works. Can someone please tell me what exactly does this flag mean? google reveals nothing sensible to me, sorry...
--- Set CLOCK_SOURCE_IS_CONTINUOUS flag for the PIT clocksource Signed-off-by: Stas Sergeev <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> CC: Thomas Gleixner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
--- linux-2.6.21/arch/i386/kernel/i8253.c 2007-05-12 11:29:23.000000000 +0400 +++ linux-2.6.21-xx/arch/i386/kernel/i8253.c 2007-05-13 02:19:57.000000000 +0400 @@ -193,6 +193,7 @@ .mask = CLOCKSOURCE_MASK(32), .mult = 0, .shift = 20, + .flags = CLOCK_SOURCE_IS_CONTINUOUS, }; static int __init init_pit_clocksource(void)
