Re: [tip:timers/urgent] clockevents: tTack broadcast device modechange in tick_broadcast_switch_to_oneshot()

From: Alex Shi
Date: Thu Apr 12 2012 - 01:11:03 EST


On 04/12/2012 12:35 PM, Suresh Siddha wrote:

> On Thu, 2012-04-12 at 09:27 +0800, Alex Shi wrote:
>> This patch recovered the loopback netperf testing on NHM machine, but
>> on SNB machine, It isn't need a broadcost timer at all.
>>
>> Do you think it is better to remove oneshot broadcast on WSM/SNB machine?
>
> on WSM/SNB, we already don't use broadcast timer and always use
> apictimer instead.


Yes, you are right. I omitted this.

Tick Device: mode: 1
Broadcast device
Clock Event Device: hpet
...
tick_broadcast_mask: 00000000
tick_broadcast_oneshot_mask: 00000000


>
> thanks,
> suresh
>


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