Re: 2.6.19 -mm merge plans (NTP changes)

[Andrew Morton]

On Wed, 20 Sep 2006 19:28:51 -0700
john stultz <johnstul@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> On Wed, 2006-09-20 at 13:54 -0700, Andrew Morton wrote:
> > A wander through the -mm patch queue, along with some commentary on my
> > intentions.
> > 
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> > ntp-move-all-the-ntp-related-code-to-ntpc.patch
> > ntp-move-all-the-ntp-related-code-to-ntpc-fix.patch
> > ntp-add-ntp_update_frequency.patch
> > ntp-add-ntp_update_frequency-fix.patch
> > ntp-add-time_adj-to-tick-length.patch
> > ntp-add-time_freq-to-tick-length.patch
> > ntp-prescale-time_offset.patch
> > ntp-add-time_adjust-to-tick-length.patch
> > ntp-remove-time_tolerance.patch
> > ntp-convert-time_freq-to-nsec-value.patch
> > ntp-convert-to-the-ntp4-reference-model.patch
> > ntp-cleanup-defines-and-comments.patch
> > kernel-time-ntpc-possible-cleanups.patch
> > kill-wall_jiffies.patch
> >
> >  Will merge.
> 
> No objections here, but I wanted to put forth some caution as I've seen
> some odd NTP behavior with the full NTP patchset on my laptop (either it
> does not converge or it just converges *much* more slowly then without).
> Unfortunately I've not been able to collect solid enough data to analyze
> the issue (really, each run should go for atleast a full day and always
> run on the same network).
> 
> However, in trying to narrow it down, the
> ntp-add-time_adj-to-tick-length patch is where the behavior seems to
> change the most. Again, no solid data, so I could be seeing ghosts, but
> I wanted to mention it.
> 
> I'll try to put aside some time to run a few longer tests and see if I
> can get some clear results.
> 

OK, thanks.  Won't merge.
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