Linux-2.6.12-rc2

Initial git repository build. I'm not bothering with the full history,
even though we have it. We can create a separate "historical" git
archive of that later if we want to, and in the meantime it's about
3.2GB when imported into git - space that would just make the early
git days unnecessarily complicated, when we don't have a lot of good
infrastructure for it.

Let it rip!
diff --git a/arch/i386/kernel/timers/timer.c b/arch/i386/kernel/timers/timer.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a3d6a28
--- /dev/null
+++ b/arch/i386/kernel/timers/timer.c
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+#include <linux/init.h>
+#include <linux/kernel.h>
+#include <linux/string.h>
+#include <asm/timer.h>
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_HPET_TIMER
+/*
+ * HPET memory read is slower than tsc reads, but is more dependable as it
+ * always runs at constant frequency and reduces complexity due to
+ * cpufreq. So, we prefer HPET timer to tsc based one. Also, we cannot use
+ * timer_pit when HPET is active. So, we default to timer_tsc.
+ */
+#endif
+/* list of timers, ordered by preference, NULL terminated */
+static struct init_timer_opts* __initdata timers[] = {
+#ifdef CONFIG_X86_CYCLONE_TIMER
+	&timer_cyclone_init,
+#endif
+#ifdef CONFIG_HPET_TIMER
+	&timer_hpet_init,
+#endif
+#ifdef CONFIG_X86_PM_TIMER
+	&timer_pmtmr_init,
+#endif
+	&timer_tsc_init,
+	&timer_pit_init,
+	NULL,
+};
+
+static char clock_override[10] __initdata;
+
+static int __init clock_setup(char* str)
+{
+	if (str)
+		strlcpy(clock_override, str, sizeof(clock_override));
+	return 1;
+}
+__setup("clock=", clock_setup);
+
+
+/* The chosen timesource has been found to be bad.
+ * Fall back to a known good timesource (the PIT)
+ */
+void clock_fallback(void)
+{
+	cur_timer = &timer_pit;
+}
+
+/* iterates through the list of timers, returning the first 
+ * one that initializes successfully.
+ */
+struct timer_opts* __init select_timer(void)
+{
+	int i = 0;
+	
+	/* find most preferred working timer */
+	while (timers[i]) {
+		if (timers[i]->init)
+			if (timers[i]->init(clock_override) == 0)
+				return timers[i]->opts;
+		++i;
+	}
+		
+	panic("select_timer: Cannot find a suitable timer\n");
+	return NULL;
+}