SGI Altix mmtimer: allow larger number of timers per node

The purpose of this patch to the SGI Altix specific mmtimer (posix timer)
driver is to allow a virtually infinite number of timers to be set per
node.

Timers will now be kept on a sorted per-node list and a single node-based
hardware comparator is used to trigger the next timer.

[akpm@linux-foundation.org: mark things static]
[akpm@linux-foundation.org: fix warning]
Signed-off-by: Dimitri Sivanich <sivanich@sgi.com>
Cc: "Luck, Tony" <tony.luck@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
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