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From: John Stultz <john.stultz@linaro.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH RFC net-next 4/4] time: remove the timecompare code.
Date: Fri, 28 Sep 2012 10:44:16 -0700
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To: Richard Cochran <richardcochran@gmail.com>
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On 09/28/2012 10:20 AM, Richard Cochran wrote:
> This patch removes the timecompare code from the kernel. The top five
> reasons to do this are:
>
> 1. There are no more users of this code.
> 2. The original idea was a bit weak.
> 3. The original author has disappeared.
> 4. The code was not general purpose but tuned to a particular hardware,
> 5. There are better ways to accomplish clock synchronization.
>
> Signed-off-by: Richard Cochran <richardcochran@gmail.com>
Nice cleanup!

Acked-by: John Stultz <john.stultz@linaro.org>

thanks!
-john