From: Lee Revell <rlrevell@joe-job.com>
To: john stultz <johnstul@us.ibm.com>
Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>, lkml <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH -mm] Time: Keep clock=pmtmr functional, but depricated
Date: Mon, 23 Jan 2006 21:59:14 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <1138071554.2771.45.camel@mindpipe> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1138071141.15682.81.camel@cog.beaverton.ibm.com>
On Mon, 2006-01-23 at 18:52 -0800, john stultz wrote:
> With the new clocksource code, the ACPI PM timer is now called acpi_pm.
> This has confused users that are familiar w/ using the clock=pmtmr boot
> option.
>
> This patch insures that the clock=pmtmr boot option will still function,
> but will warn the users to use clocksource=acpi_pm in the future.
What about the other clock= boot options?
I believe that changing their behavior counts as "breaking userspace".
Lee
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2006-01-24 2:59 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2006-01-24 2:52 [PATCH -mm] Time: Keep clock=pmtmr functional, but depricated john stultz
2006-01-24 2:59 ` Lee Revell [this message]
2006-01-24 3:02 ` john stultz
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