linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH -mm] fix jiffies clocksource inittime

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Date:	Wed, 4 Apr 2007 23:23:24 +0200
From:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
To:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:	john stultz <johnstul@...ibm.com>,
	lkml <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>, Andi Kleen <ak@....de>
Subject: Re: [PATCH -mm] fix jiffies clocksource inittime


* Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org> wrote:

> If so: worrisome.  Startup ordering issues are fragile and tricky.  
> Time management is fragile and tricky.  The combination of the two 
> doesn't get any better ;)
> 
> An option would be to test it in 2.6.22-rcX for a while, then backport 
> to 2.6.21.x.

is the v2.6.21 release so close? From all i can see Adrian Bunk still 
has a very sizable regressions list, which necessiate a couple of weeks 
to track down. And the delta since -rc5 is pretty large too, 
necessiating an -rc6.

	Ingo
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