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Re: [PATCH] hp-timing for ppc32/64

From: Ulrich Drepper <drepper at redhat dot com>
To: Steve Munroe <sjmunroe at us dot ibm dot com>
Cc: libc-alpha at sources dot redhat dot com
Date: Mon, 14 Nov 2005 14:22:14 -0800
Subject: Re: [PATCH] hp-timing for ppc32/64
References: <OF3308F61F.2ECB1EE1-ON862570B9.00780B7B-862570B9.007A117E@us.ibm.com>

There is no value in supporting any architecture which has no trivial access to the hardware counter. The information is nowadays only used for measuring ld.so startup times and some random data (I think it's still in). The clocks are now handled correctly by the kernel.

So, leave out 32-bit support unless it can be determined that the supported configuration will always have it.

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â Ulrich Drepper â Red Hat, Inc. â 444 Castro St â Mountain View, CA â

References:
- Re: [PATCH] hp-timing for ppc32/64
  - From: Steve Munroe

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