hardpps patch by Alexander Gordeev

hardpps patch by Alexander Gordeev

[Udo van den Heuvel]

Hello,

Can anybody here explain the status of Alexander Gordeev's harddpps patches?
Are they on the list to be included in the kernel?
Is work on the patches needed?

Thanks for your comment.

Udo

Re: hardpps patch by Alexander Gordeev

[Randy Dunlap]

On Mon, 11 Oct 2010 19:25:35 +0200 Udo van den Heuvel wrote:

> Hello,
> 
> Can anybody here explain the status of Alexander Gordeev's harddpps patches?
> Are they on the list to be included in the kernel?
> Is work on the patches needed?
> 
> Thanks for your comment.

It's in Andrew Morton's mmotm tree.
Where/when it goes from there to Linus's tree is a good question.

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Re: hardpps patch by Alexander Gordeev

[Andrew Morton]

On Thu, 14 Oct 2010 14:57:51 -0700
Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@xenotime.net> wrote:

> On Mon, 11 Oct 2010 19:25:35 +0200 Udo van den Heuvel wrote:
> 
> > Hello,
> > 
> > Can anybody here explain the status of Alexander Gordeev's harddpps patches?
> > Are they on the list to be included in the kernel?
> > Is work on the patches needed?
> > 
> > Thanks for your comment.
> 
> It's in Andrew Morton's mmotm tree.
> Where/when it goes from there to Linus's tree is a good question.

I didn't merge it into 2.6.36 and it's looking doubtful for 2.6.37. 
There were a number of issues identified during review and afaik they
remain up in the air.

My notes-to-self from the series file:

pps-trivial-fixes.patch
pps-declare-variables-where-they-are-used-in-switch.patch
#pps-fix-race-in-pps_fetch-handler.patch: Vitezslav Samel <vitezslav@samel.cz> q, TBU
pps-fix-race-in-pps_fetch-handler.patch
pps-unify-timestamp-gathering.patch
#pps-access-pps-device-by-direct-pointer.patch: Rodolfo issues
pps-access-pps-device-by-direct-pointer.patch
pps-convert-printk-pr_-to-dev_.patch
pps-move-idr-stuff-to-ppsc.patch
pps-add-async-pps-event-handler.patch
pps-add-async-pps-event-handler-fix.patch
pps-dont-disable-interrupts-when-using-spin-locks.patch
pps-use-bug_on-for-kernel-api-safety-checks.patch
pps-simplify-conditions-a-bit.patch
ntp-add-hardpps-implementation.patch
#pps-capture-monotonic_raw-timestamps-as-well.patch: John had Q, TBU
pps-capture-monotonic_raw-timestamps-as-well.patch
pps-add-kernel-consumer-support.patch
pps-add-parallel-port-pps-client.patch
pps-add-parallel-port-pps-signal-generator.patch

(where TBU = "to be updated").

There may be other issues - one would need to go back and review the review
thread.