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    SubjectRe: [PATCH] x86/numachip timer: set ->min_delta_ticks and ->max_delta_ticks
    On Thu, Mar 30, 2017 at 10:08:49PM +0200, Nicolai Stange wrote:
    > In preparation for making the clockevents core NTP correction aware,
    > all clockevent device drivers must set ->min_delta_ticks and
    > ->max_delta_ticks rather than ->min_delta_ns and ->max_delta_ns: a
    > clockevent device's rate is going to change dynamically and thus, the
    > ratio of ns to ticks ceases to stay invariant.
    >
    > Make the numachip clockevent driver initialize these fields properly.
    >
    > This patch alone doesn't introduce any change in functionality as the
    > clockevents core still looks exclusively at the (untouched) ->min_delta_ns
    > and ->max_delta_ns. As soon as this has changed, a followup patch will
    > purge the initialization of ->min_delta_ns and ->max_delta_ns from this
    > driver.
    >
    > Signed-off-by: Nicolai Stange <nicstange@gmail.com>
    > ---

    Acked-by: Daniel Lezcano <daniel.lezcano@linaro.org>

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