Re: [PATCH] NTP: Let update_persistent_clock() sleep

From: Alessandro Zummo
Date: Mon Jun 09 2008 - 18:04:29 EST


On Mon, 9 Jun 2008 14:59:23 -0700
Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Are there any objections to the patch under discussion?
>
> Thanks.
>
>
> From: "Maciej W. Rozycki" <macro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> 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@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Roman Zippel <zippel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Rik van Riel <riel@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Alessandro Zummo <a.zummo@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: David Brownell <david-b@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---

Acked-by: Alessandro Zummo <a.zummo@xxxxxxxxxxxx>


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Best regards,

Alessandro Zummo,
Tower Technologies - Torino, Italy

http://www.towertech.it

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