From: john stultz <johnstul@us.ibm.com>
To: Roman Zippel <zippel@linux-m68k.org>
Cc: akpm@osdl.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
george@wildturkeyranch.net, Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>,
Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>,
Ulrich Windl <ulrich.windl@rz.uni-regensburg.de>,
Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>, Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCHSET 0/10] Time: Generic Timekeeping (v.C1)
Date: Thu, 23 Mar 2006 11:40:34 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <1143142835.2661.7.camel@leatherman> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.64.0603231209380.17704@scrub.home>
On Thu, 2006-03-23 at 13:48 +0100, Roman Zippel wrote:
> Hi,
>
> On Wed, 22 Mar 2006, john stultz wrote:
>
> > Andrew, All,
> > Here is an updated version of the smaller, reworked and
> > improved patchset I mailed out monday. Please consider for inclusion
> > into your tree.
>
> It looks pretty good already. :)
</me rubs his eyes and reads that again>
> Give me a bit of time to rework the middle part a bit and if we can agree
> to make the new gettimeofday functions optional for an arch, IMO it would
> be ok for 2.6.17.
? The new gettimeofday functions are optional. Don't enable
CONFIG_GENERIC_TIME and you're good to go. Could you clarify what you
mean?
> I think the important part is to get the generic clock
> infrastructure merged, so it can be used by other kernel parts, the
> unification of performance sensitive parts can still be done on top of it
> a bit later.
Ok, I'm still not sure how you intend to you the clocksource bits
outside of timekeeping, but I'm interested in hearing about it.
thanks
-john
prev parent reply other threads:[~2006-03-23 19:40 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 15+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2006-03-23 3:05 [PATCHSET 0/10] Time: Generic Timekeeping (v.C1) john stultz
2006-03-23 3:05 ` [PATCH 1/10] Time: Clocksource Infrastructure john stultz
2006-03-23 3:06 ` [PATCH 2/10] Time: Use clocksource infrastructure for update_wall_time john stultz
2006-03-23 3:06 ` [PATCH 3/10] Time: Let user request precision from current_tick_length() john stultz
2006-03-23 3:06 ` [PATCH 4/10] Time: Use clocksource abstraction for NTP adjustments john stultz
2006-03-23 3:06 ` [PATCH 5/10] Time: Introduce arch generic time accessors john stultz
2006-03-23 3:06 ` [PATCH 6/10] Time: i386 Conversion - part 1: Move timer_pit.c to i8253.c john stultz
2006-03-23 3:06 ` [PATCH 7/10] Time: i386 Conversion - part 2: Rework TSC Support john stultz
2006-03-23 3:06 ` [PATCH 8/10] Time: i386 Conversion - part 3: Enable Generic Timekeeping john stultz
2006-03-23 3:06 ` [PATCH 9/10] Time: i386 Conversion - part 4: Remove Old timer_opts Code john stultz
2006-03-23 3:06 ` [PATCH 10/10] Time: i386 Clocksource Drivers john stultz
2006-03-23 12:48 ` [PATCHSET 0/10] Time: Generic Timekeeping (v.C1) Roman Zippel
2006-03-23 14:20 ` Thomas Gleixner
2006-03-23 13:45 ` Roman Zippel
2006-03-23 19:40 ` john stultz [this message]
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