Re: weird fxp / timecounter interaction in top-of-tree

From: Poul-Henning Kamp <phk_at_phk.freebsd.dk>
Date: Sun, 06 Apr 2003 20:25:52 +0200
In message <xzpel4fmqu9.fsf_at_flood.ping.uio.no>, Dag-Erling =?iso-8859-1?q?Sm=F8
rgrav?= writes:

>I've modified the piix driver to only initialize the timecounter once,

This is correct.

>and tc_init() to use the *first* timecounter it runs across (on i386,
>this is generally the i8254), leaving the admin to pick another one if
>the default does not suit her.  See the attached patch.

This is wrong.  Please do not commit it.

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Received on Sun Apr 06 2003 - 09:25:57 UTC

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