On Mon, 2006-01-23 at 21:59 -0500, Lee Revell wrote:
> On Mon, 2006-01-23 at 18:52 -0800, john stultz wrote:
> > With the new clocksource code, the ACPI PM timer is now called acpi_pm.
> > This has confused users that are familiar w/ using the clock=pmtmr boot
> > option.
> >
> > This patch insures that the clock=pmtmr boot option will still function,
> > but will warn the users to use clocksource=acpi_pm in the future.
>
> What about the other clock= boot options?
They are using the same old names: "cyclone", "hpet", "pit", "tsc"
So nothing changes there, clock= will still function (but prints out a
warning).
> I believe that changing their behavior counts as "breaking userspace".
I'm not sure I'd consider changing a kernel boot parameter as "breaking
userspace", but I do agree that we should preserve behavior for awhile
to avoid confusion, and that is what this patch provides.
thanks
-john
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