Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S933979AbYB2WK3 (ORCPT ); Fri, 29 Feb 2008 17:10:29 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1761743AbYB2WKP (ORCPT ); Fri, 29 Feb 2008 17:10:15 -0500 Received: from smtp1.linux-foundation.org ([207.189.120.13]:59595 "EHLO smtp1.linux-foundation.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751769AbYB2WKO (ORCPT ); Fri, 29 Feb 2008 17:10:14 -0500 Date: Fri, 29 Feb 2008 14:08:42 -0800 From: Andrew Morton To: Roman Zippel Cc: johnstul@us.ibm.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, mingo@elte.hu, rostedt@goodmis.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] Remove obsolete CLOCK_TICK_ADJUST Message-Id: <20080229140842.575e72aa.akpm@linux-foundation.org> In-Reply-To: References: <1201142334.6383.40.camel@localhost.localdomain> <1201573686.6766.13.camel@localhost> <1201659263.6766.40.camel@localhost> <1201745776.6195.14.camel@localhost.localdomain> <1201914175.6216.46.camel@jstultz-laptop> <1202523452.6174.45.camel@localhost.localdomain> <1202774999.5984.106.camel@localhost> <1202963796.6195.141.camel@localhost.localdomain> <1203382940.5984.242.camel@localhost> <1203472250.6123.98.camel@localhost> <1203647951.6150.80.camel@localhost.localdomain> X-Mailer: Sylpheed version 2.2.4 (GTK+ 2.8.20; i486-pc-linux-gnu) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1128 Lines: 28 On Fri, 29 Feb 2008 05:49:35 +0100 (CET) Roman Zippel wrote: > Can we please clean up the current mess and get the patch below merged? > > bye, Roman > > > 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. > The CLOCK_TICK_ADJUST mechanism was introduced at a time PIT was the > primary clock, but we have a varity of clock sources now, so a global PIT > specific adjustment makes little sense anymore. > The changelog provides no reason for the revert of those two patches. Look at it from the point of view of a person who hasn't been following the discussion (whose initials might be LT). That person might get puzzled and upset, no? -- 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/