From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1753965AbXDDULQ (ORCPT ); Wed, 4 Apr 2007 16:11:16 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1753973AbXDDULP (ORCPT ); Wed, 4 Apr 2007 16:11:15 -0400 Received: from homer.mvista.com ([63.81.120.158]:64793 "EHLO gateway-1237.mvista.com" rhost-flags-OK-FAIL-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753965AbXDDULO (ORCPT ); Wed, 4 Apr 2007 16:11:14 -0400 Subject: Re: + clocksource-driver-initialize-list-value.patch added to -mm tree From: Daniel Walker To: Andrew Morton Cc: tglx@linutronix.de, johnstul@us.ibm.com, mingo@elte.hu, LKML , heiko.carstens@de.ibm.com In-Reply-To: <20070404125853.1cf9b7b7.akpm@linux-foundation.org> References: <200704010523.l315NXJP004063@shell0.pdx.osdl.net> <1175417035.28263.42.camel@localhost.localdomain> <1175704712.15973.35.camel@imap.mvista.com> <20070404125853.1cf9b7b7.akpm@linux-foundation.org> Content-Type: text/plain Date: Wed, 04 Apr 2007 13:10:25 -0700 Message-Id: <1175717425.15973.61.camel@imap.mvista.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.8.2.1 (2.8.2.1-3.fc6) Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Wed, 2007-04-04 at 12:58 -0700, Andrew Morton wrote: > On Wed, 04 Apr 2007 09:38:32 -0700 > Daniel Walker wrote: > > > On Sun, 2007-04-01 at 10:43 +0200, Thomas Gleixner wrote: > > > On Sat, 2007-03-31 at 22:23 -0700, akpm@linux-foundation.org wrote: > > > > The patch titled > > > > clocksource: driver initialize list value > > > > has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is > > > > clocksource-driver-initialize-list-value.patch > > > > > > > > *** Remember to use Documentation/SubmitChecklist when testing your code *** > > > > > > > > See http://www.zip.com.au/~akpm/linux/patches/stuff/added-to-mm.txt to find > > > > out what to do about this > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------ > > > > Subject: clocksource: driver initialize list value > > > > From: Daniel Walker > > > > > > > > Update drivers/clocksource/ with list initialization. > > > > > > As others pointed out already, can we please have some usefull > > > description why this change is necessary ? i.e. that it is a preparatory > > > patch to simplify the clocksource registration logic. > > > > > > tglx > > > > I was planning to do it after Andrew release the next -mm then use same > > patch names he has and just submit to him.. I'm not sure what the > > easiest method is, and I'd rather like to avoid re-submitting to LKML .. > > Please just send the updated text. Telling me the name of the patch > into which it is to be pasted is appreciated. The following text, --- The struct clocksource .list field is now required to be initialized before calling clocksource_register(). This is a prerequisite for simplifying the clocksource registration process. --- Goes into , clocksource-arm-initialize-list-value.patch clocksource-avr32-initialize-list-value.patch clocksource-driver-initialize-list-value.patch clocksource-i386-initialize-list-value.patch clocksource-mips-initialize-list-value.patch clocksource-parisc-initialize-list-value.patch clocksource-s390-initialize-list-value.patch clocksource-x86_64-initialize-list-value.patch The patch names are from 2.6.21-rc5-mm4. Heiko, Thomas do either of you have any comments on the text being added? Daniel