Re: CVS commit: src/sys/arch/sparc64/sparc64

[Takeshi Nakayama <tn%catvmics.ne.jp@localhost>]

>>> Michael <macallan1888%gmail.com@localhost> wrote

> Hello,
> 
> on Thursday 22 August 2013 06:00:43 Takeshi Nakayama wrote:
> > Module Name:        src
> > Committed By:       nakayama
> > Date:               Thu Aug 22 10:00:43 UTC 2013
> >
> > Modified Files:
> >     src/sys/arch/sparc64/sparc64: clock.c
> >
> > Log Message:
> > Make timecounter "tick-counter" mandatory.
> 
> This is going to bite us when we actually mess with the CPU's clock speed ( 
> which is the whole point of using %stick and STICK )

This change provides a chance to select a prefer timecounter to
users via sysctl kern.timecounter.hardware.

stick-counter's quality is larger than tick-counter's one. The
default choice becomes to stick-counter, so it's no problem.

-- Takeshi Nakayama