Re: [patch 2.6.26] /dev/hpet - fixes and cleanup

From: H. Peter Anvin
Date: Tue Jul 29 2008 - 17:27:35 EST


David Brownell wrote:

On x86_64 the vsyscall stuff should kick in for gettimeofday()
when HPET is in use, eliminating the need for /dev/hpet mmapping.

I don't really know vsyscalls ... but if that could be done on
i386 systems, the last argument for /dev/hpet would seem gone...


i386 already uses vsyscalls.

-hpa
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