linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/4] ptp/clcok:Introduce the setktime/getktime interfaces with "ktime

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Date:	Fri, 20 Mar 2015 07:26:03 +0100
From:	Richard Cochran <richardcochran@...il.com>
To:	Baolin Wang <baolin.wang@...aro.org>
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	John Stultz <john.stultz@...aro.com>, tglx@...utronix.de,
	Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...aro.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/4] ptp/clcok:Introduce the setktime/getktime interfaces
 with "ktime_t" type

On Fri, Mar 20, 2015 at 09:54:05AM +0800, Baolin Wang wrote:
> Next patch series will contain all of the drivers which need to be changed.
> But i think the conditional in ptp_clock.c can still in there.

Why?

> Because our plan is once all the drivers are converted, i will remove the
> conditional, along with the original function pointer.
> Is that OK? Thanks!

I want to avoid a patch series that introduces something, only to
remove it later on.  Sometimes you have to do that way for a complex
transformation, but this case is rather simple.

You can change the gettime signature in one patch, and the settime in
a second patch.

Thanks,
Richard
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