Re: [PATCH 2.6.21-rt2] PowerPC: decrementer clockevent driver

2007-05-17 Thread Benjamin Herrenschmidt
Yes, on some implementations there can be other conditions that make a decrementer exception go away; there is no contradiction here (thankfully). My wording was sloppy. Some CPUs have the DEC exceptions basically edge triggered (yeah I know it sucks). That's why, among others, the IRQ

Re: [PATCH 2.6.21-rt2] PowerPC: decrementer clockevent driver

2007-05-17 Thread Dave Liu
Yes, on some implementations there can be other conditions that make a decrementer exception go away; there is no contradiction here (thankfully). My wording was sloppy. Some CPUs have the DEC exceptions basically edge triggered (yeah I know for example? it sucks). That's why, among

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