Commit 3b2b64fd authored Aug 31, 2007 by Linus Torvalds

Do not use the ia64 clocksource on non-ia64 architectures



The HPET clocksource in drivers/char/hpet.c was written as generic code
for ia64, but it is not yet ready to replace the native HPET clocksource
implementations that the i386/x86-64 architectures use.

On x86[-64], trying to register this clocksource results in potentially
multiple hpet-based clocksources being registered, and if the ia64 one
is chosen on x86_64 some users have experienced hangs.

Eventually all three architectures may end up using the same code, but
that is not the case right now.

Cc: John Stultz <johnstul@us.ibm.com>
Cc: Tony Luck <tony.luck@intel.com>
Cc: Paolo Ornati <ornati@fastwebnet.it>
Cc: Bob Picco <bob.picco@hp.com>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>

parent 618a821d

drivers/char/hpet.c

+3 −0

Original line number	Diff line number	Diff line
		@@ -909,6 +909,8 @@ int hpet_alloc(struct hpet_data *hdp)

		hpetp->hp_delta = hpet_calibrate(hpetp);

		/* This clocksource driver currently only works on ia64 */
		#ifdef CONFIG_IA64
		if (!hpet_clocksource) {
		hpet_mctr = (void __iomem *)&hpetp->hp_hpet->hpet_mc;
		CLKSRC_FSYS_MMIO_SET(clocksource_hpet.fsys_mmio, hpet_mctr);
		@@ -918,6 +920,7 @@ int hpet_alloc(struct hpet_data *hdp)
		hpetp->hp_clocksource = &clocksource_hpet;
		hpet_clocksource = &clocksource_hpet;
		}
		#endif

		return 0;
		}

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