* 'timers-core-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip:
  hrtimers: fix warning in kernel/hrtimer.c
  x86: make sure we really have an hpet mapping before using it
  x86: enable HPET on Fujitsu u9200
  linux/timex.h: cleanup for userspace
  posix-timers: simplify de_thread()->exit_itimers() path
  posix-timers: check ->it_signal instead of ->it_pid to validate the timer
  posix-timers: use "struct pid*" instead of "struct task_struct*"
  nohz: suppress needless timer reprogramming
  clocksource, acpi_pm.c: put acpi_pm_read_slow() under CONFIG_PCI
  nohz: no softirq pending warnings for offline cpus
  hrtimer: removing all ur callback modes, fix
  hrtimer: removing all ur callback modes, fix hotplug
  hrtimer: removing all ur callback modes
  x86: correct link to HPET timer specification
  rtc-cmos: export second NVRAM bank

Fixed up conflicts in sound/drivers/pcsp/pcsp.c and sound/core/hrtimer.c
manually.

Use the hard-irq mode for the callback (for possible removal of
soft-irq mode in future).

Signed-off-by: Takashi Iwai <tiwai@suse.de>

Add the license and misc comments at the beginning of the code.
Also, use ns_to_ktime() for simplification.

Signed-off-by: Takashi Iwai <tiwai@suse.de>

Added the hrtimer backend for ALSA timer interface.
It can be used for the sequencer timer source.

Signed-off-by: Takashi Iwai <tiwai@suse.de>