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Thomas Gleixner wrote:
> Sigh. The cut zero hairball is already in mainline. :(
>   

Yes, there were a couple of unfortunate patches in that series, but they
got fast-tracked in with the promise they would get fixed asap.

> Sure. If the clockevent API is changed, then the users get fixed. This
> is not my main concern. The "oh we reuse the PIT interrupt" reachout is
> what makes life hard. VMI does this already extensive and I'm frightened
> by it.
>   

Well, I think they know what's expected of them now.

    J