hardclock() tick should be run on every active CPU, or on only one.
On my tests, avoiding extra interrupts because of this on 8-CPU Core i7
system with HZ=10000 saves about 2% of performance. At this moment option
implemented only for global timers, as reprogramming per-CPU timers is
too expensive now to be compensated by this benefit, especially since we
still have to regularly run hardclock() on at least one active CPU to
update system uptime. For global timer it is quite trivial: timer runs
always, but we just skip IPIs to other CPUs when possible.
Option is enabled by default now, keeping previous behavior, as periodic
hardclock() calls are still used at least to implement setitimer(2) with
ITIMER_VIRTUAL and ITIMER_PROF arguments. But since default schedulers don't
depend on it since r232917, we are much more free to experiment with it.
MFC after: 1 month
3rd argument of ifa->ifa_rtrequest is now ``rt_addrinfo *'' instead of
``sockaddr *''. While here, un-document RTM_RESOLVE cmd argument for
ifa_rtrequest() that became a stub after separating L2 tables in r186119.
MFC after: 1 week
Winbond Super I/O chips.
With minor efforts it should be possible the extend the driver to support
further chips/revisions available from Winbond. In the simplest case
only new IDs need to be added, while different chipsets might require
their own function to enter extended function mode, etc.
Sponsored by: Sandvine Incorporated ULC (in 2011)
Reviewed by: emaste, brueffer
MFC after: 2 weeks
- Document the following routines: pci_alloc_msi(), pci_alloc_msix(),
pci_find_cap(), pci_get_max_read_req(), pci_get_vpd_ident(),
pci_get_vpd_readonly(), pci_msi_count(), pci_msix_count(),
pci_pending_msix(), pci_release_msi(), pci_remap_msix(), and
pci_set_max_read_req().
- Group the functions into five sub-sections: raw configuration access,
locating devices, device information, device configuration, and
message signaled interrupts.
- Discourage use of pci_disable_io() and pci_enable_io() in device drivers.
The PCI bus driver handles this automatically as resources are activated.
MFC after: 2 weeks
interface supported by mvs(4) are 88SX, while AHCI-like chips are 88SE.
PR: kern/165271
Submitted by: Jia-Shiun Li <jiashiun@gmail.com>
MFC after: 1 week
not ACPI-specific at all, but deal with PCI power states. Also,
pci_set_powerstate() fails with EOPNOTSUPP if a request is made that the
underlying device does not support rather than falling back to somehow
setting D0.
pci_cfg_save() and pci_cfg_restore() for device drivers to use when
saving and restoring state (e.g. to handle device-specific resets).
Reviewed by: imp
MFC after: 2 weeks
