Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH OSSTEST v4 08/13] Osstest/Debian: Add "clk_ignore_unused" to default command line

[Ian Jackson <Ian.Jackson@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Ian Campbell writes ("[PATCH OSSTEST v4 08/13] Osstest/Debian: Add 
"clk_ignore_unused" to default command line"):
> dom0 is not aware that some clocks are actually in use (e.g. by the
> hypervisor), so this stops the kernel from messing with (specifically,
> disabling) those clocks. It's harmless even when not needed.
> 
> Really there ought to be some interface to communicate this from Xen
> to dom0, or some other mechanism to gate things. See
> http://bugs.xenproject.org/xen/bug/45

Actually, despite my email just now acking this: perhaps you could
gate this on $suite ?

That way at the very least we'll be prompted every couple of years to
see if this is still needed.

Ian.

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