[Qemu-devel] Re: [PATCH v2 5/5] hpet 'driftfix': add code in hpet_timer() to compensate delayed callbacks and coalesced interrupts

[Jan Kiszka]

On 2011-04-08 18:08, Glauber Costa wrote:
> On Fri, 2011-04-08 at 17:54 +0200, Jan Kiszka wrote:
>>> +        }
>>
>> Did I miss some change in the plan? I thought we were heading for a
>> generic, reusable driftfix tool box (or periodic timer service)? Or is
>> this intentionally an intermediate step? 
> 
> Which is a medium to long way in the future. There is benefit of having
> this early, since it can deliver real functionality - a reliable hpet,
> and converting to whatever the api may look like in the future.
> 

Well, if the PIT and the RTC should use it as well, which is probably
rather a short term goal, we already have two more users.

Jan

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