Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1757522AbYB2GZX (ORCPT ); Fri, 29 Feb 2008 01:25:23 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1752871AbYB2GZJ (ORCPT ); Fri, 29 Feb 2008 01:25:09 -0500 Received: from nf-out-0910.google.com ([64.233.182.186]:64342 "EHLO nf-out-0910.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751399AbYB2GZI (ORCPT ); Fri, 29 Feb 2008 01:25:08 -0500 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:sender:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references:x-google-sender-auth; b=XzDCf7oA/LEAUH17wEhTOelP/bn/Rj3zrgcdzLe/HRumKlTsjV6NrOFa8HQs36MJQH1TIhgT4nkADpXC/h5K9I3kVhoPecxwNm3EXobdJOYXYzNrtaRCtVYiZtltAa77JBqDx79qdrvN9ks9nStCHYrkJeaLjfRBxs6O9fOLcpg= Message-ID: <2c0942db0802282225j7d01eee3vbe6bbb7b93e86e47@mail.gmail.com> Date: Thu, 28 Feb 2008 22:25:06 -0800 From: "Ray Lee" To: "Roman Zippel" Subject: Re: [PATCH] Remove obsolete CLOCK_TICK_ADJUST Cc: "john stultz" , lkml , "Andrew Morton" , "Ingo Molnar" , "Steven Rostedt" In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: <1201142334.6383.40.camel@localhost.localdomain> <1202963796.6195.141.camel@localhost.localdomain> <1203382940.5984.242.camel@localhost> <1203472250.6123.98.camel@localhost> <1203647951.6150.80.camel@localhost.localdomain> X-Google-Sender-Auth: 1ed733802eab5b8d Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 895 Lines: 17 On Thu, Feb 28, 2008 at 8:49 PM, Roman Zippel wrote: > 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. Wait, so you're saying that something that the kernel correctly figures out on its own today should instead be a kernel parameter, with users having to supply it explicitly? Am I confused? If I'm not confused, would you'd be so kind to explain to the peanut gallery over here why this is a good thing? -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/