From: Russell King - ARM Linux admin <linux@armlinux.org.uk>
To: Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@linaro.org>
Cc: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>, Stephen Boyd <sboyd@kernel.org>,
netdev <netdev@vger.kernel.org>,
Daniel Lezcano <daniel.lezcano@linaro.org>,
"linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
John Stultz <john.stultz@linaro.org>,
Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>,
Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>,
"David S. Miller" <davem@davemloft.net>,
Linux ARM <linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/3] timekeeping: remove arch_gettimeoffset
Date: Thu, 15 Oct 2020 10:53:07 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20201015095307.GS1551@shell.armlinux.org.uk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CACRpkdbc-Y6M+q8f7VEiee41ChUtP_5ygy_YN-wi873a+bN3yQ@mail.gmail.com>
On Thu, Oct 15, 2020 at 09:53:29AM +0200, Linus Walleij wrote:
> On Thu, Oct 8, 2020 at 5:46 PM Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de> wrote:
>
> > With Arm EBSA110 gone, nothing uses it any more, so the corresponding
> > code and the Kconfig option can be removed.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
>
> Very nice cleanup.
> Reviewed-by: Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@linaro.org>
>
> At some point we should do a retrospect about how hard it really is for
> us to get rid of some really annoying core legacy codepaths and the best
> strategy for doing so, even though this took 11+ years as Thomas
> says it still looks like a solid path to move over to a generic framework,
> only it requires enough gritty people (like you) to hang around and do the
> work piece by piece.
Don't be misled. It was not a matter of "enough gritty people", it
was a matter that EBSA110 was blocking it.
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From: Russell King - ARM Linux admin <linux@armlinux.org.uk>
To: Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@linaro.org>
Cc: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>,
"linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>,
Daniel Lezcano <daniel.lezcano@linaro.org>,
John Stultz <john.stultz@linaro.org>,
Stephen Boyd <sboyd@kernel.org>,
"David S. Miller" <davem@davemloft.net>,
Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>, netdev <netdev@vger.kernel.org>,
Linux ARM <linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/3] timekeeping: remove arch_gettimeoffset
Date: Thu, 15 Oct 2020 10:53:07 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20201015095307.GS1551@shell.armlinux.org.uk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CACRpkdbc-Y6M+q8f7VEiee41ChUtP_5ygy_YN-wi873a+bN3yQ@mail.gmail.com>
On Thu, Oct 15, 2020 at 09:53:29AM +0200, Linus Walleij wrote:
> On Thu, Oct 8, 2020 at 5:46 PM Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de> wrote:
>
> > With Arm EBSA110 gone, nothing uses it any more, so the corresponding
> > code and the Kconfig option can be removed.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
>
> Very nice cleanup.
> Reviewed-by: Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@linaro.org>
>
> At some point we should do a retrospect about how hard it really is for
> us to get rid of some really annoying core legacy codepaths and the best
> strategy for doing so, even though this took 11+ years as Thomas
> says it still looks like a solid path to move over to a generic framework,
> only it requires enough gritty people (like you) to hang around and do the
> work piece by piece.
Don't be misled. It was not a matter of "enough gritty people", it
was a matter that EBSA110 was blocking it.
--
RMK's Patch system: https://www.armlinux.org.uk/developer/patches/
FTTP is here! 40Mbps down 10Mbps up. Decent connectivity at last!
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2020-10-15 9:57 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 22+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2020-10-08 15:45 [PATCH 0/3] ARM, timers: ebsa110 cleanup Arnd Bergmann
2020-10-08 15:45 ` Arnd Bergmann
2020-10-08 15:45 ` [PATCH 1/3] ARM: remove ebsa110 platform Arnd Bergmann
2020-10-08 15:45 ` Arnd Bergmann
2020-10-08 15:46 ` [PATCH 2/3] net: remove am79c961a driver Arnd Bergmann
2020-10-08 15:46 ` Arnd Bergmann
2020-10-09 17:40 ` Jakub Kicinski
2020-10-09 17:40 ` Jakub Kicinski
2020-10-08 15:46 ` [PATCH 3/3] timekeeping: remove arch_gettimeoffset Arnd Bergmann
2020-10-08 15:46 ` Arnd Bergmann
2020-10-14 0:41 ` Thomas Gleixner
2020-10-14 0:41 ` Thomas Gleixner
2020-10-15 7:53 ` Linus Walleij
2020-10-15 7:53 ` Linus Walleij
2020-10-15 9:53 ` Russell King - ARM Linux admin [this message]
2020-10-15 9:53 ` Russell King - ARM Linux admin
2020-10-15 12:38 ` Linus Walleij
2020-10-15 12:38 ` Linus Walleij
2020-10-18 9:51 ` Russell King - ARM Linux admin
2020-10-18 9:51 ` Russell King - ARM Linux admin
2020-10-08 15:55 ` [PATCH 0/3] ARM, timers: ebsa110 cleanup Russell King - ARM Linux admin
2020-10-08 15:55 ` Russell King - ARM Linux admin
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