From 1f564ad6d4182859612cbae452122e5eb2d62a76 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Bob Picco Date: Wed, 18 Jul 2007 15:51:28 -0700 Subject: [IA64] remove time interpolator Remove time_interpolator code (This is generic code, but only user was ia64. It has been superseded by the CONFIG_GENERIC_TIME code). Signed-off-by: Bob Picco Signed-off-by: John Stultz Signed-off-by: Peter Keilty Signed-off-by: Tony Luck --- Documentation/time_interpolators.txt | 41 ------------------------------------ 1 file changed, 41 deletions(-) delete mode 100644 Documentation/time_interpolators.txt (limited to 'Documentation') diff --git a/Documentation/time_interpolators.txt b/Documentation/time_interpolators.txt deleted file mode 100644 index e3b60854fbc2..000000000000 --- a/Documentation/time_interpolators.txt +++ /dev/null @@ -1,41 +0,0 @@ -Time Interpolators ------------------- - -Time interpolators are a base of time calculation between timer ticks and -allow an accurate determination of time down to the accuracy of the time -source in nanoseconds. - -The architecture specific code typically provides gettimeofday and -settimeofday under Linux. The time interpolator provides both if an arch -defines CONFIG_TIME_INTERPOLATION. The arch still must set up timer tick -operations and call the necessary functions to advance the clock. - -With the time interpolator a standardized interface exists for time -interpolation between ticks. The provided logic is highly scalable -and has been tested in SMP situations of up to 512 CPUs. - -If CONFIG_TIME_INTERPOLATION is defined then the architecture specific code -(or the device drivers - like HPET) may register time interpolators. -These are typically defined in the following way: - -static struct time_interpolator my_interpolator { - .frequency = MY_FREQUENCY, - .source = TIME_SOURCE_MMIO32, - .shift = 8, /* scaling for higher accuracy */ - .drift = -1, /* Unknown drift */ - .jitter = 0 /* time source is stable */ -}; - -void time_init(void) -{ - .... - /* Initialization of the timer *. - my_interpolator.address = &my_timer; - register_time_interpolator(&my_interpolator); - .... -} - -For more details see include/linux/timex.h and kernel/timer.c. - -Christoph Lameter , October 31, 2004 - -- cgit v1.2.3