added an arbitrary delay to our readings, causing us to use the ACPI-safe
read method when not necessary. Submitted by: bde
Old:
ACPI timer looks GOOD min = 3, max = 5, width = 2
ACPI timer looks BAD min = 3, max = 19, width = 16
ACPI timer looks GOOD min = 3, max = 5, width = 2
ACPI timer looks GOOD min = 3, max = 5, width = 2
ACPI timer looks GOOD min = 3, max = 5, width = 2
ACPI timer looks GOOD min = 3, max = 4, width = 1
ACPI timer looks GOOD min = 3, max = 5, width = 2
ACPI timer looks BAD min = 3, max = 19, width = 16
ACPI timer looks GOOD min = 3, max = 5, width = 2
ACPI timer looks GOOD min = 3, max = 4, width = 1
Timecounter "ACPI-safe" frequency 3579545 Hz quality 1000
New:
ACPI timer looks GOOD min = 3, max = 4, width = 1
ACPI timer looks GOOD min = 3, max = 4, width = 1
ACPI timer looks GOOD min = 3, max = 4, width = 1
ACPI timer looks GOOD min = 3, max = 4, width = 1
ACPI timer looks GOOD min = 3, max = 4, width = 1
ACPI timer looks GOOD min = 3, max = 4, width = 1
ACPI timer looks GOOD min = 3, max = 4, width = 1
ACPI timer looks GOOD min = 3, max = 4, width = 1
ACPI timer looks GOOD min = 3, max = 4, width = 1
ACPI timer looks GOOD min = 3, max = 4, width = 1
Timecounter "ACPI-fast" frequency 3579545 Hz quality 1000
Also, reduce unnecesary overhead in ACPI-fast by remove the barrier for
reads. The timer in the ACPI-fast case is known to increase monotonically
so there is no need to serialize access to it.