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Date: Fri, 29 Feb 2008 14:08:42 -0800 From: Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org> To: Roman Zippel <zippel@...ux-m68k.org> Cc: johnstul@...ibm.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, mingo@...e.hu, rostedt@...dmis.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] Remove obsolete CLOCK_TICK_ADJUST On Fri, 29 Feb 2008 05:49:35 +0100 (CET) Roman Zippel <zippel@...ux-m68k.org> wrote: > Can we please clean up the current mess and get the patch below merged? > > bye, Roman > > > Revert bbe4d18ac2e058c56adb0cd71f49d9ed3216a405 and > e13a2e61dd5152f5499d2003470acf9c838eab84 and remove CLOCK_TICK_ADJUST > completely. Add a optional kernel parameter ntp_tick_adj instead to allow > adjusting of a large base drift and thus keeping ntpd happy. > The CLOCK_TICK_ADJUST mechanism was introduced at a time PIT was the > primary clock, but we have a varity of clock sources now, so a global PIT > specific adjustment makes little sense anymore. > The changelog provides no reason for the revert of those two patches. Look at it from the point of view of a person who hasn't been following the discussion (whose initials might be LT). That person might get puzzled and upset, no? -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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