On Fri, 15 Jul 2005, Venkatesh Pallipadi wrote: > I wouldn't say it is totally impossible. There are ways in which Linux can > work > without a reliable Local APIC timer. One option being - make one CPU that > gets > the external timer interrupt multicast an IPI to all the other CPUs that > wants to get periodic timer interrupt.
That's like scratching your left ear with your right hand -- broadcasting that external timer interrupt in the first place is more straightforward. If you want to exclude CPUs from the list of receivers, just use the logical destination mode appropriately. Maciej - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
