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

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Message-Id: <20150929.210612.769591464523592086.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:	Tue, 29 Sep 2015 21:06:12 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	arnd@...db.de
Cc:	y2038@...ts.linaro.org, tglx@...utronix.de, john.stultz@...aro.org,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	giometti@...eenne.com, linux-net-drivers@...arflare.com,
	sshah@...arflare.com, richardcochran@...il.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/5] y2038 conversion for ntp/pps and sfc driver

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
networking bits:

Acked-by: David S. Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
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