* Daniel Walker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > i fixed this in -rt8: the latency tracer now uses the time of day > > clocksource - pmtimer in this case. (that means function tracing is > > slower than with the TSC, but latency figures are more reliable.) > > I have a patch set to make the using the clocksources a little nicer.. > Is there anything I should add to that interface to help enable > latency tracing, or are you satisfied with using the timekeeping > clocksource? It might get constrictive after a while.
please talk to John and Thomas about GTOD interfaces. Right now the solution used by the latency tracer is working out pretty OK - but if something better comes along i can use that too. It's not a burning issue though, unless you know of some bug. (i'm not sure what you mean by it becoming constrictive) Ingo - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/