linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 0/5] y2038 conversion for ntp/pps and sfc driver

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Message-ID: <CALAqxLWgw8jwHiE=RBCS10+mKGN70Q9R482SgFbgtsDbE-y62w@mail.gmail.com>
Date:	Thu, 1 Oct 2015 10:00:05 -0700
From:	John Stultz <john.stultz@...aro.org>
To:	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
Cc:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>, Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>,
	y2038 Mailman List <y2038@...ts.linaro.org>,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org, lkml <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	giometti@...eenne.com, linux-net-drivers@...arflare.com,
	sshah@...arflare.com, Richard Cochran <richardcochran@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/5] y2038 conversion for ntp/pps and sfc driver

On Wed, Sep 30, 2015 at 12:27 AM, Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de> wrote:
> On Tue, 29 Sep 2015, David Miller wrote:
>> From: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
>> Date: Mon, 28 Sep 2015 22:21:27 +0200
>>
>> > When trying to build a kernel with time_t commented out, I found that
>> > the ntp subsystem still relies on timespec for its pps handling.
>> >
>> > This series addresses this and converts all the code to use timespec64
>> > instead, step by step. There is one device driver that interacts with
>> > this code directly (rather than only through the ptp subsystem), so
>> > I have to convert that driver at the same time.
>> >
>> > The patches should ideally stay together as a series, but they do
>> > span multiple subsystems, so I'm also looking for the right person
>> > to merge them.
>>
>> I'm happy with this going via a tree other than mine, and for the
>
> I think it should go via John Stultz timekeeping tree.

I've queued the set for testing.

thanks
-john
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