RE: [patch 0/4] [RFC] true vs. system idle cputime

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On Wed, 2008-10-08 at 14:22 -0700, Luck, Tony wrote:
> > There is one change in patch #2 that might require a change on powerpc
> > and/or ia64. The generic TICK_ONESHOT/NO_HZ code calculates the number
> > of ticks spent with a disabled HZ timer and accounts this as idle time.
> 
> Your patches apply, build and boot cleanly on ia64.
> 
> At the moment ia64 doesn't do NO_HZ (exisiting cpus only support a C1
> state, which we can enter/leave pretty quickly ... so power saving
> for NO_HZ is negligible) ... so your code change isn't an issue for
> ia64.

Thanks for checking.

-- 
blue skies,
  Martin.

"Reality continues to ruin my life." - Calvin.


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