From owner-freebsd-acpi@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jan 29 22:46:07 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-acpi@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2DA5416A419 for ; Tue, 29 Jan 2008 22:46:07 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jhb@freebsd.org) Received: from speedfactory.net (mail.speedfactory.net [66.23.216.219]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8ABFB13C44B for ; Tue, 29 Jan 2008 22:46:06 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jhb@freebsd.org) Received: from server.baldwin.cx (unverified [66.23.211.162]) by speedfactory.net (SurgeMail 3.8s) with ESMTP id 230151100-1834499 for multiple; Tue, 29 Jan 2008 17:44:36 -0500 Received: from localhost.corp.yahoo.com (john@localhost [127.0.0.1]) (authenticated bits=0) by server.baldwin.cx (8.14.2/8.14.2) with ESMTP id m0TMju7x099191; Tue, 29 Jan 2008 17:45:56 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from jhb@freebsd.org) From: John Baldwin To: freebsd-acpi@freebsd.org Date: Tue, 29 Jan 2008 17:37:13 -0500 User-Agent: KMail/1.9.7 References: <200801291806.m0TI6HNe068721@freefall.freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <200801291806.m0TI6HNe068721@freefall.freebsd.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-15" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200801291737.13293.jhb@freebsd.org> X-Greylist: Sender succeeded SMTP AUTH authentication, not delayed by milter-greylist-2.0.2 (server.baldwin.cx [127.0.0.1]); Tue, 29 Jan 2008 17:45:57 -0500 (EST) X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV 0.91.2/5599/Tue Jan 29 11:27:10 2008 on server.baldwin.cx X-Virus-Status: Clean X-Spam-Status: No, score=-4.4 required=4.2 tests=ALL_TRUSTED,AWL,BAYES_00 autolearn=ham version=3.1.3 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.1.3 (2006-06-01) on server.baldwin.cx Cc: gavin@freebsd.org Subject: Re: kern/112544: [acpi] [patch] Add High Precision Event Timer Driver for userland timer facility X-BeenThere: freebsd-acpi@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: ACPI and power management development List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 29 Jan 2008 22:46:07 -0000 On Tuesday 29 January 2008 01:06:17 pm gavin@freebsd.org wrote: > Synopsis: [acpi] [patch] Add High Precision Event Timer Driver for userland timer facility > > State-Changed-From-To: open->patched > State-Changed-By: gavin > State-Changed-When: Tue Jan 29 18:05:51 UTC 2008 > State-Changed-Why: > Was committed to -HEAD a couple of weeks ago. > > http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=112544 Actually, the commit to head was just one part of this patch and more inspired by this patch rather than from the PR. We still don't support the comparators in HPETs at all, so I'd like to leave this PR open in case we reuse some of this code when the HPET driver does eventually grow support for comparators (probably to be used by the kernel rather than userland however). -- John Baldwin