On 27 May 2016 at 06:08, Andrew Jeffery <and...@aj.id.au> wrote: > Value matching allows Linux to boot with CONFIG_NO_HZ_IDLE=y on the > palmetto-bmc machine. Two match registers are provided for each timer. > > Signed-off-by: Andrew Jeffery <and...@aj.id.au> > --- > > The change pulls out ptimer in favour of the regular timer infrastructure. As > a > consequence it implements the conversions between ticks and time which feels a > little tedious. Any comments there would be appreciated.
So what would you need from ptimer to be able to implement value matching with it; or is ptimer just too far away from what this timer device needs to make that worthwhile ? thanks -- PMM
