From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-8.1 required=3.0 tests=BAYES_00,DKIM_INVALID, DKIM_SIGNED,HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,SIGNED_OFF_BY, SPF_HELO_NONE,SPF_PASS,URIBL_BLOCKED,USER_AGENT_SANE_1 autolearn=unavailable autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BD03FC433DF for ; Thu, 15 Oct 2020 09:53:18 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [23.128.96.18]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3A9A0206D4 for ; Thu, 15 Oct 2020 09:53:18 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: mail.kernel.org; dkim=fail reason="signature verification failed" (2048-bit key) header.d=armlinux.org.uk header.i=@armlinux.org.uk header.b="MGcuj9nZ" Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1730849AbgJOJxQ (ORCPT ); Thu, 15 Oct 2020 05:53:16 -0400 Received: from lindbergh.monkeyblade.net ([23.128.96.19]:42528 "EHLO lindbergh.monkeyblade.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1727165AbgJOJxP (ORCPT ); Thu, 15 Oct 2020 05:53:15 -0400 Received: from pandora.armlinux.org.uk (pandora.armlinux.org.uk [IPv6:2001:4d48:ad52:32c8:5054:ff:fe00:142]) by lindbergh.monkeyblade.net (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 32531C061755; Thu, 15 Oct 2020 02:53:15 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=armlinux.org.uk; s=pandora-2019; h=Sender:In-Reply-To:Content-Type: MIME-Version:References:Message-ID:Subject:Cc:To:From:Date:Reply-To: Content-Transfer-Encoding:Content-ID:Content-Description:Resent-Date: Resent-From:Resent-Sender:Resent-To:Resent-Cc:Resent-Message-ID:List-Id: List-Help:List-Unsubscribe:List-Subscribe:List-Post:List-Owner:List-Archive; bh=dbmxkwYLeu14/trY1roq3k5j51cj5RLgD2hpnhpCK2o=; b=MGcuj9nZfh5vwyvI5PFOeDKax MlpEaCmW/IPzj/OA2fFvrcZqSBAQcOuMPa03BhUV6ZbecBgLtiv1gxXFuYV3o5dHKd3osnZA52kUt ka+3vXNgiMIKDnYIc/k+80HBYNsKc8/t2AA/t7C7h0qoeS/upy5XfPA8z75W0kO5mGy+3jRRKvc89 sj6I4flJyey9bXQTL7wt84RcIDWnbTKKefizDm3nGPLVgJZzquYJGAfN3z+Fso75lRmlNOORGaSHN DkCf6Gg1orSkT4uSJOSDZqTbwplNRX9oJEk1YSUKwyX+UKLTumE/nj26eCftOdKQcxfcDRSWED3RE +AKn1vY2Q==; Received: from shell.armlinux.org.uk ([fd8f:7570:feb6:1:5054:ff:fe00:4ec]:46250) by pandora.armlinux.org.uk with esmtpsa (TLS1.3:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1kSzwc-0008Mq-DT; Thu, 15 Oct 2020 10:53:10 +0100 Received: from linux by shell.armlinux.org.uk with local (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1kSzwZ-00005L-B1; Thu, 15 Oct 2020 10:53:07 +0100 Date: Thu, 15 Oct 2020 10:53:07 +0100 From: Russell King - ARM Linux admin To: Linus Walleij Cc: Arnd Bergmann , "linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" , Thomas Gleixner , Daniel Lezcano , John Stultz , Stephen Boyd , "David S. Miller" , Jakub Kicinski , netdev , Linux ARM Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/3] timekeeping: remove arch_gettimeoffset Message-ID: <20201015095307.GS1551@shell.armlinux.org.uk> References: <20201008154601.1901004-1-arnd@arndb.de> <20201008154601.1901004-4-arnd@arndb.de> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.10.1 (2018-07-13) Sender: Russell King - ARM Linux admin Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: netdev@vger.kernel.org On Thu, Oct 15, 2020 at 09:53:29AM +0200, Linus Walleij wrote: > On Thu, Oct 8, 2020 at 5:46 PM Arnd Bergmann wrote: > > > With Arm EBSA110 gone, nothing uses it any more, so the corresponding > > code and the Kconfig option can be removed. > > > > Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann > > Very nice cleanup. > Reviewed-by: Linus Walleij > > At some point we should do a retrospect about how hard it really is for > us to get rid of some really annoying core legacy codepaths and the best > strategy for doing so, even though this took 11+ years as Thomas > says it still looks like a solid path to move over to a generic framework, > only it requires enough gritty people (like you) to hang around and do the > work piece by piece. Don't be misled. It was not a matter of "enough gritty people", it was a matter that EBSA110 was blocking it. -- RMK's Patch system: https://www.armlinux.org.uk/developer/patches/ FTTP is here! 40Mbps down 10Mbps up. Decent connectivity at last!