From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S932754AbYDYUvV (ORCPT ); Fri, 25 Apr 2008 16:51:21 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1760954AbYDYUvM (ORCPT ); Fri, 25 Apr 2008 16:51:12 -0400 Received: from atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz ([195.113.31.123]:35883 "EHLO atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1759490AbYDYUvM (ORCPT ); Fri, 25 Apr 2008 16:51:12 -0400 Date: Fri, 25 Apr 2008 22:51:51 +0200 From: Pavel Machek To: Russell King Cc: Paul Walmsley , Dmitry , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, akpm@linux-foundation.org, Haavard Skinnemoen , Paul Mundt , pHilipp Zabel , tony@atomide.com, David Brownell , hiroshi.DOYU@nokia.com Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/5] Clocklib: generic clocks framework Message-ID: <20080425205151.GA6251@elf.ucw.cz> References: <20080420082925.GA32739@doriath.ww600.siemens.net> <20080425103942.GC14903@elf.ucw.cz> <20080425202010.GA28893@flint.arm.linux.org.uk> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20080425202010.GA28893@flint.arm.linux.org.uk> X-Warning: Reading this can be dangerous to your mental health. User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.17 (2007-11-01) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Hi! > > WTF? There are currently around 10 copies of clock code in the tree, > > every one slightly different. If this can help us get rid of all that > > crap, that's a GOOD THING, normative or not. > > At the expense of people going off and inventing their own APIs because > they find that the "normatived" clock API doesn't do what they need to? Just now, everyone just cuts&copies clock.c. I do not think "new" situation can worse than that. Pavel -- (english) http://www.livejournal.com/~pavelmachek (cesky, pictures) http://atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz/~pavel/picture/horses/blog.html