[patch 06/10] 40x decrementer fixes
Josh Boyer
jwboyer at linux.vnet.ibm.com
Sat Aug 4 03:30:43 EST 2007
On Fri, 03 Aug 2007 21:30:57 +0400
Sergei Shtylyov <sshtylyov at ru.mvista.com> wrote:
> Josh Boyer wrote:
>
> >>>>on 40x to match the behavior 44x currently has.
>
> >>> Why bother doing this?! This will only warrant you imprecise decrementer
> >>>interrupts while it should be interrupting at the precise period currently (if
> >>>you load PIT once)...
>
> >> I.e. the error will only accumulate. NAK.
>
> > What error exactly? I'm not following you there. If there really is
>
> I was assuming that the decrementer is in auto-reload mode. Brain fade. :-<
Heh, ok. Glad I wasn't completely lost there :).
josh
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