On 03/27/2014 04:02 AM, Clemens Ladisch wrote: > Feng Tang wrote: >> On many new phone/tablet platforms like Baytrail/Merrifield etc, >> the HPET are either defeatured or has some problem to be used >> as a reliable timer. As these platforms also have X86_64, we >> should not make HPET_TIMER default y for all X86_64.
Wouldn't it be better to fix the hpet driver so that the hpet doesn't used on these platforms? > > The help text still says: > | You can safely choose Y here. [...] > | Choose N to continue using the legacy 8254 timer. > > Are these statements still true for those platforms? They aren't true for modern desktop and server platforms -- the TSC is used regardless of hpet availability. > > > Regards, > Clemens > -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
