[PATCH][2.6][4/5]Support for HPET based timer

[Pallipadi, Venkatesh]

4/5 - hpet4.patch - Miscallaneous makefile and config changes





diff -purN linux-2.6.0-test1/arch/i386/Kconfig linux-2.6.0-test1-hpet/arch/i386/Kconfig
--- linux-2.6.0-test1/arch/i386/Kconfig	2003-07-13 20:30:48.000000000 -0700
+++ linux-2.6.0-test1-hpet/arch/i386/Kconfig	2003-08-18 19:49:55.000000000 -0700
@@ -408,6 +408,17 @@ config HUGETLB_PAGE
 
 	  Otherwise, say N.
 
+config HPET_TIMER
+	bool "HPET Timer Support"
+	help
+	  This enables HPET timer usage for kernel internal timer.
+	  HPET is the next generation timer replacing legacy 8254s.
+	  You can safely choose Y here. However, HPET will be
+	  activated, only if platform and the BIOS supports the feature.
+	  Otherwise, 8254 will be used for timing services.
+
+	  Choose N, to continue using legacy 8254 timer.
+
 config SMP
 	bool "Symmetric multi-processing support"
 	---help---
diff -purN linux-2.6.0-test1/arch/i386/kernel/Makefile linux-2.6.0-test1-hpet/arch/i386/kernel/Makefile
--- linux-2.6.0-test1/arch/i386/kernel/Makefile	2003-07-13 20:31:20.000000000 -0700
+++ linux-2.6.0-test1-hpet/arch/i386/kernel/Makefile	2003-07-16 12:44:33.000000000 -0700
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_EDD)             	+= edd.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_MODULES)		+= module.o
 obj-y				+= sysenter.o vsyscall.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_ACPI_SRAT) 	+= srat.o
+obj-$(CONFIG_HPET_TIMER) 	+= time_hpet.o
 
 EXTRA_AFLAGS   := -traditional
 
diff -purN linux-2.6.0-test1/arch/i386/kernel/timers/Makefile linux-2.6.0-test1-hpet/arch/i386/kernel/timers/Makefile
--- linux-2.6.0-test1/arch/i386/kernel/timers/Makefile	2003-07-13 20:28:54.000000000 -0700
+++ linux-2.6.0-test1-hpet/arch/i386/kernel/timers/Makefile	2003-07-16 12:44:33.000000000 -0700
@@ -5,3 +5,4 @@
 obj-y := timer.o timer_none.o timer_tsc.o timer_pit.o
 
 obj-$(CONFIG_X86_CYCLONE_TIMER)	+= timer_cyclone.o
+obj-$(CONFIG_HPET_TIMER)	+= timer_hpet.o

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