On 1 August 2024 22:22:56 BST, Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >On Thu, Aug 01 2024 at 21:49, David Woodhouse wrote: >> On Thu, 2024-08-01 at 22:00 +0200, Thomas Gleixner wrote: >>> > I justify my cowardice on the basis that it doesn't *matter* if a >>> > hardware implementation is still toggling the IRQ pin; in that case >>> > it's only a few irrelevant transistors which are busy, and it doesn't >>> > translate to steal time. >>> >>> On real hardware it translates to power... >> >> Perhaps, although I'd guess it's a negligible amount. Still, happy to >> be brave and make it unconditional. Want a new version of the patch? > >Let'ss fix the shutdown sequence first (See Michaels latest mail) and >then do the clockevents_i8253_init() change on top. Makes sense.