[Xen-devel] Re: [RFC] draft tsc_mode patch (to replace tsc_nativ

To:	Dan Magenheimer <dan.magenheimer@xxxxxxxxxx>, "Xen-Devel (E-mail)" <xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject:	[Xen-devel] Re: [RFC] draft tsc_mode patch (to replace tsc_native)
From:	Keir Fraser <keir.fraser@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date:	Fri, 13 Nov 2009 07:27:18 +0000
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On 12/11/2009 23:55, "Dan Magenheimer" <dan.magenheimer@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> This isn't done yet, but contains the core code for
> implementing the mechanism I've been proposing for
> handling "tsc_mode" (to replace tsc_native/vtsc),
> so I thought I'd ask for some feedback hopefully before
> reviewers leave for Xen Summit Asia.

Another timer_mode-alike where the users have to deal with magic numbers and
only the lucky hypervisor developer gets to use meaningful names for the
members of the enumeration?

 -- Keir

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