Merge remote branch 'tip/x86/tsc' into fortglx/2.6.38/tip/x86/tsc

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John Stultz
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@ -2467,12 +2467,13 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is defined in the file
to facilitate early boot debugging.
See also Documentation/trace/events.txt
tsc= Disable clocksource-must-verify flag for TSC.
tsc= Disable clocksource stability checks for TSC.
Format: <string>
[x86] reliable: mark tsc clocksource as reliable, this
disables clocksource verification at runtime.
Used to enable high-resolution timer mode on older
hardware, and in virtualized environment.
disables clocksource verification at runtime, as well
as the stability checks done at bootup. Used to enable
high-resolution timer mode on older hardware, and in
virtualized environment.
[x86] noirqtime: Do not use TSC to do irq accounting.
Used to run time disable IRQ_TIME_ACCOUNTING on any
platforms where RDTSC is slow and this accounting