Re: [PATCH] Remove obsolete CLOCK_TICK_ADJUST

Andrew Morton
2008-02-29T22:10:29Z

On Fri, 29 Feb 2008 05:49:35 +0100 (CET)
Roman Zippel <zippel@linux-m68k.org> 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?