linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH NET-NEXT 01/10] clocksource: allow usage independent of timekeeping.c

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Message-Id: <1233781499.15119.135.camel@desktop>
Date:	Wed, 04 Feb 2009 13:04:59 -0800
From:	Daniel Walker <dwalker@...o99.com>
To:	john stultz <johnstul@...ibm.com>
Cc:	Patrick Ohly <patrick.ohly@...el.com>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
Subject: Re: [PATCH NET-NEXT 01/10] clocksource: allow usage independent of
	timekeeping.c

On Wed, 2009-02-04 at 12:06 -0800, john stultz wrote:

> The duplication is only at a very low level. He could not reuse the
> established clocksource system without really breaking its semantics.

He gave a link to the first version,

http://kerneltrap.org/mailarchive/linux-netdev/2008/11/19/4164204

What specific semantics is he breaking there? 

Daniel

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