Re: [PATCH] staging: greybus: remove timesync protocol support

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On 01/05/2017 12:25 PM, Bryan O'Donoghue wrote:
> On 05/01/17 17:39, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
>> From: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>
>> While the timesync protocol was a great idea, it never ended up getting
>> implemented by any known hardware devices.  It's also a bit
>> "interesting" in how it ties into the platform controller.
>>
>> So, just remove it for now.  It's not needed, no one uses it, and it's a
>> stumbling block in getting the greybus core code merged out of the
>> staging tree.  If anyone wants it in the future, reverting this patch is
>> a great place to start from.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> ---
>>
>> Sorry Bryan, I know it was a lot of work, and it's a great protocol and
>> implementation, but it never made it into a device :(
> 
> Kill it.
> 
> One less turd to polish.

I think the core algorithm has some value that we might
use at some future date.  But I concur, at this point
it interferes with things getting reorganized cleanly.

					-Alex


> 
> Acked-by: Bryan O'Donoghue <pure.logic@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> 

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