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author | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@woody.linux-foundation.org> | 2007-07-20 12:02:20 -0700 |
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committer | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@woody.linux-foundation.org> | 2007-07-20 12:02:20 -0700 |
commit | efa7e8673c78cc6de2d6c367eb6f50449c57ed90 (patch) | |
tree | 2759535bd50e6d6cc4801a02106ee26f27aa610f /Documentation | |
parent | 02d6112cd7d75bf30685ee4b2e9dc0291b4d3133 (diff) | |
parent | bd807f9c5b90c236c3d173a5815d620bc1b1316d (diff) |
Merge branch 'release' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/aegl/linux-2.6
* 'release' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/aegl/linux-2.6:
[IA64] Prevent people from directly including <asm/rwsem.h>.
[IA64] remove time interpolator
[IA64] Convert to generic timekeeping/clocksource
[IA64] refresh some config files for 64K pagesize
[IA64] Delete iosapic_free_rte()
[IA64] fallocate system call
[IA64] Enable percpu vector domain for IA64_DIG
[IA64] Enable percpu vector domain for IA64_GENERIC
[IA64] Support irq migration across domain
[IA64] Add support for vector domain
[IA64] Add mapping table between irq and vector
[IA64] Check if irq is sharable
[IA64] Fix invalid irq vector assumption for iosapic
[IA64] Use dynamic irq for iosapic interrupts
[IA64] Use per iosapic lock for indirect iosapic register access
[IA64] Cleanup lock order in iosapic_register_intr
[IA64] Remove duplicated members in iosapic_rte_info
[IA64] Remove block structure for locking in iosapic.c
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation')
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt | 5 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/time_interpolators.txt | 41 |
2 files changed, 5 insertions, 41 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt index 9a541486fb7e..5fbe07706ae9 100644 --- a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt +++ b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt @@ -1154,6 +1154,8 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file nointroute [IA-64] + nojitter [IA64] Disables jitter checking for ITC timers. + nolapic [IA-32,APIC] Do not enable or use the local APIC. nolapic_timer [IA-32,APIC] Do not use the local APIC timer. @@ -1885,6 +1887,9 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file vdso=1: enable VDSO (default) vdso=0: disable VDSO mapping + vector= [IA-64,SMP] + vector=percpu: enable percpu vector domain + video= [FB] Frame buffer configuration See Documentation/fb/modedb.txt. diff --git a/Documentation/time_interpolators.txt b/Documentation/time_interpolators.txt deleted file mode 100644 index e3b60854fbc2..000000000000 --- a/Documentation/time_interpolators.txt +++ /dev/null @@ -1,41 +0,0 @@ -Time Interpolators ------------------- - -Time interpolators are a base of time calculation between timer ticks and -allow an accurate determination of time down to the accuracy of the time -source in nanoseconds. - -The architecture specific code typically provides gettimeofday and -settimeofday under Linux. The time interpolator provides both if an arch -defines CONFIG_TIME_INTERPOLATION. The arch still must set up timer tick -operations and call the necessary functions to advance the clock. - -With the time interpolator a standardized interface exists for time -interpolation between ticks. The provided logic is highly scalable -and has been tested in SMP situations of up to 512 CPUs. - -If CONFIG_TIME_INTERPOLATION is defined then the architecture specific code -(or the device drivers - like HPET) may register time interpolators. -These are typically defined in the following way: - -static struct time_interpolator my_interpolator { - .frequency = MY_FREQUENCY, - .source = TIME_SOURCE_MMIO32, - .shift = 8, /* scaling for higher accuracy */ - .drift = -1, /* Unknown drift */ - .jitter = 0 /* time source is stable */ -}; - -void time_init(void) -{ - .... - /* Initialization of the timer *. - my_interpolator.address = &my_timer; - register_time_interpolator(&my_interpolator); - .... -} - -For more details see include/linux/timex.h and kernel/timer.c. - -Christoph Lameter <christoph@lameter.com>, October 31, 2004 - |