From: Alessandro Zummo <alessandro.zummo@towertech.it>
To: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: "Maciej W. Rozycki" <macro@linux-mips.org>,
zippel@linux-m68k.org, tglx@linutronix.de,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] NTP: Let update_persistent_clock() sleep
Date: Tue, 10 Jun 2008 00:04:13 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20080610000413.0de0bc41@i1501.lan.towertech.it> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20080609145923.fe5dc86d.akpm@linux-foundation.org>
On Mon, 9 Jun 2008 14:59:23 -0700
Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> wrote:
> Are there any objections to the patch under discussion?
>
> Thanks.
>
>
> From: "Maciej W. Rozycki" <macro@linux-mips.org>
>
> This is a change that makes the 11-minute RTC update be run in the process
> context. This is so that update_persistent_clock() can sleep, which may
> be required for certain types of RTC hardware -- most notably I2C devices.
>
> Signed-off-by: Maciej W. Rozycki <macro@linux-mips.org>
> Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
> Cc: Roman Zippel <zippel@linux-m68k.org>
> Cc: Rik van Riel <riel@redhat.com>
> Cc: Alessandro Zummo <a.zummo@towertech.it>
> Cc: David Brownell <david-b@pacbell.net>
> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
> ---
Acked-by: Alessandro Zummo <a.zummo@towertech.it>
--
Best regards,
Alessandro Zummo,
Tower Technologies - Torino, Italy
http://www.towertech.it
prev parent reply other threads:[~2008-06-09 22:04 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2008-05-28 18:15 [PATCH] NTP: Let update_persistent_clock() sleep Maciej W. Rozycki
2008-05-28 19:17 ` Rik van Riel
2008-05-29 3:16 ` Andrew Morton
2008-05-29 17:34 ` Maciej W. Rozycki
2008-06-09 18:06 ` Roman Zippel
2008-06-09 18:18 ` Maciej W. Rozycki
2008-06-09 21:59 ` Andrew Morton
2008-06-09 22:04 ` Alessandro Zummo [this message]
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