From: Andreas Mohr - written on init only, accessed for every timer read --> __read_mostly - fix broken sentence Signed-off-by: Andreas Mohr Cc: john stultz Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton --- arch/x86_64/kernel/pmtimer.c | 2 +- drivers/clocksource/acpi_pm.c | 4 ++-- 2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff -puN arch/x86_64/kernel/pmtimer.c~make-pmtmr_ioport-__read_mostly arch/x86_64/kernel/pmtimer.c --- devel/arch/x86_64/kernel/pmtimer.c~make-pmtmr_ioport-__read_mostly 2006-04-18 23:15:44.000000000 -0700 +++ devel-akpm/arch/x86_64/kernel/pmtimer.c 2006-04-18 23:15:44.000000000 -0700 @@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ /* The I/O port the PMTMR resides at. * The location is detected during setup_arch(), * in arch/i386/kernel/acpi/boot.c */ -u32 pmtmr_ioport; +u32 pmtmr_ioport __read_mostly; /* value of the Power timer at last timer interrupt */ static u32 offset_delay; diff -puN drivers/clocksource/acpi_pm.c~make-pmtmr_ioport-__read_mostly drivers/clocksource/acpi_pm.c --- devel/drivers/clocksource/acpi_pm.c~make-pmtmr_ioport-__read_mostly 2006-04-18 23:15:44.000000000 -0700 +++ devel-akpm/drivers/clocksource/acpi_pm.c 2006-04-18 23:15:44.000000000 -0700 @@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ * The location is detected during setup_arch(), * in arch/i386/acpi/boot.c */ -u32 pmtmr_ioport; +u32 pmtmr_ioport __read_mostly; #define ACPI_PM_MASK 0xFFFFFF /* limit it to 24 bits */ @@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ static cycle_t acpi_pm_read_verified(voi /* * It has been reported that because of various broken * chipsets (ICH4, PIIX4 and PIIX4E) where the ACPI PM clock - * source is not latched, so you must read it multiple + * source is not latched, you must read it multiple * times to ensure a safe value is read: */ do { _