[time-nuts] ntp patches merged into 2.16-rc1-mm5

[Christopher Hoover]

Possibly of interest to some time nuts, the latest -mm series Linux kernel
from Andrew Morton includes some key ntp patches.  This is a sign of
probable inclusion of these patches in the mainline kernel at some future
date.
 
Excerpted below are the revelant bits of the announcement.
 
-ch
 
<ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/akpm/patches/2.6/2.6.16-rc1/2.
6.16-rc1-mm5/> 

- The ntp/time rework patches from John Stultz have been resurrected and
fixed.

+time-reduced-ntp-rework-part-1.patch

+time-reduced-ntp-rework-part-2.patch

+time-reduced-ntp-rework-part-2-fix.patch

+time-clocksource-infrastructure.patch

+time-clocksource-infrastructure-fix-clocksource_lock-deadlock.patch

+time-generic-timekeeping-infrastructure.patch

+time-i386-conversion-part-1-move-timer_pitc-to-i8253c.patch

+time-i386-conversion-part-2-rework-tsc-support.patch

+time-i386-conversion-part-2-rework-tsc-support-c2-fix.patch

+time-i386-conversion-part-3-enable-generic-timekeeping.patch

+time-i386-conversion-part-4-remove-old-timer_opts-code.patch

+time-i386-conversion-part-5-acpi-pm-variable-renaming-and-config-change.pat
ch

+time-i386-clocksource-drivers.patch

+time-fix-cpu-frequency-detection.patch

+time-delay-clocksource-selection-until-later-in-boot.patch

+x86-blacklist-tsc-from-systems-where-it-is-known-to-be-bad.patch

Bring back John's time-reqork patches. New, improved, fixed.