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Date: Wed, 10 Sep 2008 15:22:58 -0700 From: Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org> To: Jiri Slaby <jirislaby@...il.com> Cc: marcin_obara@...rs.sourceforge.net, tpm@...horst.net, kjhall@...ibm.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, srajiv@...ux.vnet.ibm.com, debora@...ux.vnet.ibm.com Subject: Re: tpm-correct-tpm-timeouts-to-jiffies-conversion.patch -> 2.6.27 On Thu, 11 Sep 2008 00:11:37 +0200 Jiri Slaby <jirislaby@...il.com> wrote: > Hi, > > is it possible to push > tpm-correct-tpm-timeouts-to-jiffies-conversion.patch > (the patch header follows) into 2.6.27, please? Sure. > From: Marcin Obara <marcin_obara@...rs.sourceforge.net> > > This patch fixes timeouts conversion to jiffies, by replacing > msecs_to_jiffies() calls with usecs_to_jiffies(). According to TCG TPM > Specification Version 1.2 Revision 103 (pages 166, 167) TPM timeouts and > durations are returned in microseconds (usec) not in miliseconds (msec). > > Signed-off-by: Marcin Obara <marcin_obara@...rs.sourceforge.net> > Cc: Marcel Selhorst <tpm@...horst.net> > Cc: Kylene Jo Hall <kjhall@...ibm.com> > Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org> Why? I wasn't aware that this fixed anything which anyone had observed (pokes tongue out at the changelog). -- 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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