linux/arch/i386
Zachary Amsden e30fab3ad3 [PATCH] vmi: pit override
The time_init_hook in paravirt-ops no longer functions in the correct manner
after the integration of the hrtimers code.  The problem is that now the call
path for time initialization is:

  time_init :
       late_time_init = hpet_time_init;

  late_time_init -> hpet_time_init:
       setup_pit_timer (BAD)
       do_time_init --> (via paravirt.h)
          time_init_hook --> (via arch_hooks.h)
              time_init_hook (in SUBARCH/setup.c)

If this isn't confusing enough, the paravirt case goes through an indirect
function pointer in the paravirt-ops table.  The problem is, by the time the
paravirt hook is called, the pit timer is already enabled.

But paravirt guests have their own timer, and don't want to use the PIT.
Rather than intensify the struggle for power going on here, just make it all
nice and simple and just unconditionally do all timer setup in the
late_time_init hook.  This also has the advantage of enabling timers in the
same place in all code paths, so everyone has the same bugs and we don't have
outliers who break other code because they turn on timer too early or too
late.

So the paravirt-ops time init function is now by default hpet_time_init, which
is the time init function used for native hardware.  Paravirt guests have the
chance to override this when they setup the paravirt-ops table, and should
need no change.

Signed-off-by: Zachary Amsden <zach@vmware.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2007-03-05 07:57:52 -08:00
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boot Use ARRAY_SIZE() macro in i386 relocs.c file 2007-02-17 19:10:01 +01:00
crypto [CRYPTO] api: Get rid of flags argument to setkey 2006-09-21 11:41:02 +10:00
kernel [PATCH] vmi: pit override 2007-03-05 07:57:52 -08:00
lib {rd,wr}msr_on_cpu SMP=n optimization 2007-02-20 14:29:37 -05:00
mach-default [PATCH] clockevents: i386 drivers 2007-02-16 08:13:59 -08:00
mach-es7000 ACPICA: Remove duplicate table manager 2007-02-02 21:14:28 -05:00
mach-generic [PATCH] i386: make apic probe function non-init 2007-01-11 01:52:44 +01:00
mach-visws [PATCH] visws: sgivwfb as module needs exports 2006-12-08 08:29:07 -08:00
mach-voyager [PATCH] x86: fix PDA variables to work during boot 2007-01-22 19:39:36 -08:00
math-emu [PATCH] i386: avoid gcc extension 2007-02-13 13:26:24 +01:00
mm [PATCH] i386: Remove extern declaration from mm/discontig.c, put in header. 2007-02-13 13:26:26 +01:00
oprofile Replace remaining references to "driverfs" with "sysfs". 2007-02-17 19:13:42 +01:00
pci PCI: add systems for automatic breadth-first device sorting 2007-02-16 15:30:11 -08:00
power Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://one.firstfloor.org/home/andi/git/linux-2.6 2006-12-07 08:59:11 -08:00
defconfig [PATCH] i386: Update defconfig 2007-02-13 13:26:19 +01:00
Kconfig [PATCH] tick management: make broadcast dependent on local APIC 2007-02-19 14:22:43 -08:00
Kconfig.cpu [PATCH] i386: Remove unused kernel config option X86_XADD 2007-02-13 13:26:25 +01:00
Kconfig.debug [PATCH] i386: Paravirt debug defaults off 2007-02-13 13:26:22 +01:00
Makefile [PATCH] x86: add -freg-struct-return to CFLAGS 2007-02-26 12:53:30 -08:00
Makefile.cpu [PATCH] i386: Add support for compilation for Core2 2006-12-07 02:14:09 +01:00