On 01/11/2011 03:52 AM, Russell King - ARM Linux wrote:
> On Mon, Jan 10, 2011 at 09:12:36PM -0800, Stephen Boyd wrote:
>>
>> I see this patch was already tested and merged but can you elaborate on
>> why this was done? From what I understand, NOHZ selects one-shot (like
>> is done in this patch), so why don't the machines with a TWD choose NOHZ
>> or high res timers?
>
> You're right - so it's not actually required. It should probably be
> reverted, though it does no damage...
Now I'm wondering why there are other 'select TICK_ONESHOT' lines in
arch/arm/Kconfig. Can we just remove them all? Otherwise it feels like
we're making it confusing for others later on.
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diff --git a/arch/arm/Kconfig b/arch/arm/Kconfig
index e2f8011..7750a78 100644
--- a/arch/arm/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/arm/Kconfig
@@ -532,7 +532,6 @@ config ARCH_MMP
select CLKDEV_LOOKUP
select GENERIC_CLOCKEVENTS
select HAVE_SCHED_CLOCK
- select TICK_ONESHOT
select PLAT_PXA
select SPARSE_IRQ
help
@@ -613,7 +612,6 @@ config ARCH_PXA
select ARCH_REQUIRE_GPIOLIB
select GENERIC_CLOCKEVENTS
select HAVE_SCHED_CLOCK
- select TICK_ONESHOT
select PLAT_PXA
select SPARSE_IRQ
help
@@ -668,7 +666,6 @@ config ARCH_SA1100
select GENERIC_CLOCKEVENTS
select HAVE_CLK
select HAVE_SCHED_CLOCK
- select TICK_ONESHOT
select ARCH_REQUIRE_GPIOLIB
help
Support for StrongARM 11x0 based boards.
@@ -1300,7 +1297,6 @@ config HAVE_ARM_SCU
config HAVE_ARM_TWD
bool
depends on SMP
- select TICK_ONESHOT
help
This options enables support for the ARM timer and watchdog unit
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