On Thu, Apr 05, 2012 at 09:36:00AM +0000, Hiremath, Vaibhav wrote: > There seems to be limitation for ARM architecture, it is restricted by > sched_clock implementation present in "arch/arm/kernel/sched_clock.c". > Natively, clocksource framework does support change in rate/frequency for > registered timer, using,
Any kind of switching of timing sources introduces loss of time issues by the mere fact that you can't instantly know the counter values of both timing sources at precisely the same instant - because CPUs can only do one thing at a time. So any kind of repeated dynamic switching _will_ result in a gradual loss of time - which will be indeterminant as it depends on the frequency of the switching and the relative delta between the two. To put it another way - it is not possible to maintain high precision and accuracy while dynamically switching your timing sources. I'm not about to lift the restriction that there's only one source for sched_clock() just for OMAP. That'd require a lot of additional code - it's not just about adjusting the multiplier and shift, you also have to correct the returned ns value as well, which means synchronizing against two counters. (And as I've pointed out above, that's impossible to do accurately.) -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-omap" in the body of a message to [email protected] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
