[PATCH] clocksource: Add verification (watchdog) helper

The TSC needs to be verified against another clocksource.  Instead of using
hardwired assumptions of available hardware, provide a generic verification
mechanism.  The verification uses the best available clocksource and handles
the usability for high resolution timers / dynticks of the clocksource which
needs to be verified.

Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Cc: john stultz <johnstul@us.ibm.com>
Cc: Roman Zippel <zippel@linux-m68k.org>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>

1 files changed, 4 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/arch/i386/Kconfig b/arch/i386/Kconfig
index 4ea31c327d1f..458b3aad3eb3 100644
--- a/arch/i386/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/i386/Kconfig
@@ -18,6 +18,10 @@ config GENERIC_TIME
         bool
         default y
 
+config CLOCKSOURCE_WATCHDOG
+        bool
+        default y
+
 config LOCKDEP_SUPPORT
         bool
         default y