trouble locating code that increments jiffies (arm)
chris at basementcode.com
chris at basementcode.com
Wed May 11 09:22:16 EDT 2011
Hi list,
I've been looking for the code that increments the jiffies variable as
well as the code that connects a timer interrupt to the function that
increments the variable. I'm working with the ARM architecture in case
that makes a difference. I was also wondering, how many jiffies are
there? Right now I'm finding that if I disable the local timer for the
boot CPU (during boot) the jiffies variable stop incrementing. I always
assumed the global timer was supposed to increment a single jiffies
variable. I'm working with an old, modified, version of QEMU so I'm
leaning towards a QEMU bug for this problem.
Thanks,
-C
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