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| author | Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> | 2012-03-31 12:45:43 +0200 |
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| committer | Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> | 2012-03-31 12:45:43 +0200 |
| commit | 3872c48b14259d8c0a00c9fff06a4a4123f7f4eb (patch) | |
| tree | 94e5f5c1898896436e9534aa182d8c3aef255826 /kernel/time | |
| parent | proc: stats: Use arch_idle_time for idle and iowait times if available (diff) | |
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tick: Document TICK_ONESHOT config option
This option has been selected from arch code as it was assumed that
it's necessary to support oneshot mode clockevent devices. But it's
just a core internal helper to compile tick-oneshot.c if NOHZ or
HIG_RES_TIMERS are selected.
Reported-by: Russell King <rmk+kernel@arm.linux.org.uk>
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Diffstat (limited to 'kernel/time')
| -rw-r--r-- | kernel/time/Kconfig | 4 |
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/time/Kconfig b/kernel/time/Kconfig index 2cf9cc7aa103..a20dc8a3c949 100644 --- a/kernel/time/Kconfig +++ b/kernel/time/Kconfig @@ -1,6 +1,10 @@ # # Timer subsystem related configuration options # + +# Core internal switch. Selected by NO_HZ / HIGH_RES_TIMERS. This is +# only related to the tick functionality. Oneshot clockevent devices +# are supported independ of this. config TICK_ONESHOT bool |