Date: Sat, 16 Sep 2023 20:44:06 +0000 From: "Poul-Henning Kamp" <phk@phk.freebsd.dk> To: Sebastian Huber <sebastian.huber@embedded-brains.de> Cc: hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Remove timecounter tc_counter_mask member? Message-ID: <202309162044.38GKi7RZ022115@critter.freebsd.dk> In-Reply-To: <bc1a7b28-5e7b-4ee6-aae8-f95adc65fc76@embedded-brains.de> References: <bc1a7b28-5e7b-4ee6-aae8-f95adc65fc76@embedded-brains.de>
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-------- Sebastian Huber writes: > the timecounter structure contains a tc_counter_mask which enables > support for time counters implementing less than 32-bits: > Is the sys/x86/isa/clock.c still used? Are there chips on the market > with 24-bit ACPI timers? ... and are there any FreeBSD platforms using narrow timecounters outside the src-tree ? My personal gut feeling, is that we can get away with it, once i386 is out of the picture. -- Poul-Henning Kamp | UNIX since Zilog Zeus 3.20 phk@FreeBSD.ORG | TCP/IP since RFC 956 FreeBSD committer | BSD since 4.3-tahoe Never attribute to malice what can adequately be explained by incompetence.
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