Re: Remove timecounter tc_counter_mask member?
Date: Tue, 19 Sep 2023 15:28:31 UTC
On 16.09.23 22:44, Poul-Henning Kamp wrote: > Sebastian Huber writes: > >> the timecounter structure contains a tc_counter_mask which enables >> support for time counters implementing less than 32-bits: >> Is the sys/x86/isa/clock.c still used? Are there chips on the market >> with 24-bit ACPI timers? > ... and are there any FreeBSD platforms using narrow timecounters > outside the src-tree ? > > My personal gut feeling, is that we can get away with it, once i386 > is out of the picture. If it is in principle acceptable to remove the tc_counter_mask at some point in time, would it make sense to issue a warning if a timecounter is installed with a mask not equal to 0xffffffff? -- embedded brains GmbH Herr Sebastian HUBER Dornierstr. 4 82178 Puchheim Germany email: sebastian.huber@embedded-brains.de phone: +49-89-18 94 741 - 16 fax: +49-89-18 94 741 - 08 Registergericht: Amtsgericht München Registernummer: HRB 157899 Vertretungsberechtigte Geschäftsführer: Peter Rasmussen, Thomas Dörfler Unsere Datenschutzerklärung finden Sie hier: https://embedded-brains.de/datenschutzerklaerung/