Re: [PATCH] JAZZ: disable PIT; cleanup R4030 clockevent

[tsbogend@alpha.franken.de (Thomas Bogendoerfer)]

On Sun, Nov 04, 2007 at 12:33:38AM +0000, Ralf Baechle wrote:
> On Fri, Nov 02, 2007 at 11:08:19PM +0100, Thomas Bogendoerfer wrote:
> 
> > On Fri, Nov 02, 2007 at 12:20:01PM +0000, Ralf Baechle wrote:
> > > One thing I'm still wondering about, does the kernel actually go tickless
> > > for you?
> > 
> > a kernel with CONFIG_NO_HZ boots and acts normal. But it looks like
> > the PIT is still ticking at the selected 100HZ...
> 
> I think this happens because the R4030 clockevent device has a rather

r4030 is of course disabled in my test.

Thomas.

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