From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Joao Martins Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/5] x86/time: implement tsc as clocksource Date: Tue, 22 Mar 2016 15:51:19 +0000 Message-ID: <56F169F7.3080700@oracle.com> References: <1458231136-13457-1-git-send-email-joao.m.martins@oracle.com> <1458231136-13457-3-git-send-email-joao.m.martins@oracle.com> <56EC6335.7010502@citrix.com> <56F13D92.1030704@oracle.com> <56F14CA202000078000DF28B@prv-mh.provo.novell.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64 Return-path: In-Reply-To: <56F14CA202000078000DF28B@prv-mh.provo.novell.com> List-Unsubscribe: , List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: xen-devel-bounces@lists.xen.org Sender: "Xen-devel" To: Jan Beulich Cc: Andrew Cooper , Keir Fraser , xen-devel@lists.xen.org List-Id: xen-devel@lists.xenproject.org CgpPbiAwMy8yMi8yMDE2IDEyOjQ2IFBNLCBKYW4gQmV1bGljaCB3cm90ZToKPj4+PiBPbiAyMi4w 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