The patch titled clockevents: let SMP kernels on UP systems use the PIT has been removed from the -mm tree. Its filename was clockevents-smp-on-up-features.patch This patch was dropped because an updated version will be merged ------------------------------------------------------ Subject: clockevents: let SMP kernels on UP systems use the PIT Allow a SMP kernel to use the PIT for highres/dyntick on an UP machine. Signed-of-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxx> --- arch/i386/kernel/i8253.c | 5 +---- kernel/time/clockevents.c | 6 +++--- 2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-) diff -puN arch/i386/kernel/i8253.c~clockevents-smp-on-up-features arch/i386/kernel/i8253.c --- a/arch/i386/kernel/i8253.c~clockevents-smp-on-up-features +++ a/arch/i386/kernel/i8253.c @@ -85,10 +85,7 @@ static void pit_next_event(unsigned long struct clock_event_device pit_clockevent = { .name = "pit", .capabilities = CLOCK_CAP_TICK | CLOCK_CAP_PROFILE | CLOCK_CAP_UPDATE -#ifndef CONFIG_SMP - | CLOCK_CAP_NEXTEVT -#endif - , + | CLOCK_CAP_NEXTEVT, .set_mode = init_pit_timer, .set_next_event = pit_next_event, .shift = 32, diff -puN kernel/time/clockevents.c~clockevents-smp-on-up-features kernel/time/clockevents.c --- a/kernel/time/clockevents.c~clockevents-smp-on-up-features +++ a/kernel/time/clockevents.c @@ -254,14 +254,14 @@ int __init register_global_clockevent(st return -EINVAL; } -#ifdef CONFIG_SMP /* * On UP systems the global clock event device can be used as the next * event device. On SMP this is disabled because the next event device * must be per CPU. */ - evt->capabilities &= ~CLOCK_CAP_NEXTEVT; -#endif + if (num_possible_cpus() > 1) + evt->capabilities &= ~CLOCK_CAP_NEXTEVT; + /* Mask out high resolution capabilities for now */ global_eventdevice.event = evt; _ Patches currently in -mm which might be from tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx are setup_irq-better-mismatch-debugging.patch gtod-exponential-update_wall_time.patch gtod-persistent-clock-support-core.patch gtod-persistent-clock-support-i386.patch time-uninline-jiffiesh.patch time-uninline-jiffiesh-fix.patch time-fix-msecs_to_jiffies-bug.patch time-fix-timeout-overflow.patch cleanup-uninline-irq_enter-and-move-it-into-a-function.patch dynticks-extend-next_timer_interrupt-to-use-a-reference-jiffie.patch dynticks-extend-next_timer_interrupt-to-use-a-reference-jiffie-remove-incorrect-warning-in-kernel-timerc.patch hrtimers-namespace-and-enum-cleanup.patch hrtimers-clean-up-locking.patch updated-hrtimers-state-tracking.patch updated-hrtimers-clean-up-callback-tracking.patch updated-hrtimers-move-and-add-documentation.patch updated-add-a-framework-to-manage-clock-event-devices.patch updated-acpi-include-apich.patch updated-acpi-keep-track-of-timer-broadcast.patch updated-acpi-add-state-propagation-for-dynamic-broadcasting.patch updated-i386-cleanup-apic-code.patch updated-i386-convert-to-clock-event-devices.patch updated-pm_timer-allow-early-access-and-move-externs-to-a-header-file.patch updated-i386-rework-local-apic-calibration.patch updated-high-res-timers-core.patch updated-gtod-mark-tsc-unusable-for-highres-timers.patch updated-dynticks-core-code.patch updated-dyntick-add-nohz-stats-to-proc-stat.patch updated-dynticks-i386-arch-code.patch updated-dynticks-fix-nmi-watchdog.patch updated-high-res-timers-dynticks-enable-i386-support.patch updated-debugging-feature-timer-stats.patch clockevents-core-check-for-clock-event-device-handler-being-non-null-before-calling-it.patch round_jiffies-infrastructure.patch round_jiffies-infrastructure-fix.patch clocksource-add-usage-of-config_sysfs.patch clocksource-small-cleanup-2.patch clocksource-small-cleanup-2-fix.patch clocksource-small-acpi_pm-cleanup.patch - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe mm-commits" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html