On Tue, 18 Jul 2017, dbasehore . wrote: > On Tue, Jul 18, 2017 at 3:22 PM, Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > The HPET consists of several independent comparator units. The kernel uses > > only a limited set of them. We can reserve one or more for that purpose, so > > it does not require any multiplexing or whatever. How many of them do you > > need? > > > > I just need one. Is it a different irq than the RTC? It would be nice > if we could avoid going through the s2idle_loop code. Yes, it is a different IRQ. Thanks, tglx