Date: Sat, 11 Sep 2010 12:39:10 +0300 From: Alexander Motin <mav@FreeBSD.org> To: Bruce Evans <brde@optusnet.com.au> Cc: svn-src-head@freebsd.org, svn-src-all@freebsd.org, src-committers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: svn commit: r212453 - in head/sys: conf powerpc/aim powerpc/booke powerpc/include powerpc/powerpc Message-ID: <4C8B4E3E.1010401@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <20100911192016.I1055@besplex.bde.org> References: <201009110445.o8B4jpoW042563@svn.freebsd.org> <20100911192016.I1055@besplex.bde.org>
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Bruce Evans wrote: > On Sat, 11 Sep 2010, Alexander Motin wrote: > >> Log: >> Update PowerPC event timer code to use new event timers infrastructure. > > What are the advantages of using the new event timers infrastructure? > Here it seems to only take longer and cost more (200 more lines of code). Same as of other architectures. Now mostly unification. With forthcoming one-shot timers patch it will also reduce interrupts in idle, plus reduce aliasing between hardclock and statclock. -- Alexander Motin
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