+ clocksource-update-kernel-parameters.patch added to -mm tree

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The patch titled

     clocksource: update kernel parameters

has been added to the -mm tree.  Its filename is

     clocksource-update-kernel-parameters.patch

See http://www.zip.com.au/~akpm/linux/patches/stuff/added-to-mm.txt to find
out what to do about this

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Subject: clocksource: update kernel parameters
From: Daniel Walker <dwalker@xxxxxxxxxx>

Documents two new kernel parameters,

timeofday_clocksource
sched_clocksource

Removed old ones,

clocksource
clock

Signed-off-by: Daniel Walker <dwalker@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: john stultz <johnstul@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxx>
Cc: Roman Zippel <zippel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxx>
---

 Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt |   17 +++++++----------
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)

diff -puN Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt~clocksource-update-kernel-parameters Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
--- a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt~clocksource-update-kernel-parameters
+++ a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
@@ -351,13 +351,6 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. 
 			Value can be changed at runtime via
 				/selinux/checkreqprot.
 
-	clock=		[BUGS=IA-32, HW] gettimeofday clocksource override.
-			[Deprecated]
-			Forces specified clocksource (if available) to be used
-			when calculating gettimeofday(). If specified
-			clocksource is not available, it defaults to PIT.
-			Format: { pit | tsc | cyclone | pmtmr }
-
 	disable_8254_timer
 	enable_8254_timer
 			[IA32/X86_64] Disable/Enable interrupt 0 timer routing
@@ -1645,9 +1638,13 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. 
 
 	time		Show timing data prefixed to each printk message line
 
-	clocksource=	[GENERIC_TIME] Override the default clocksource
-			Override the default clocksource and use the clocksource
-			with the name specified.
+	timeofday_clocksource=	[GENERIC_TIME]
+			Override the default time of day clocksource and use
+			the clocksource with the name specified.
+
+	sched_clocksource=	[GENERIC_TIME]
+			Override the default scheduler clocksource. Used for
+			timing only inside the scheduler.
 
 	tipar.timeout=	[HW,PPT]
 			Set communications timeout in tenths of a second
_

Patches currently in -mm which might be from dwalker@xxxxxxxxxx are

sched-likely-profiling.patch
clocksource-increase-initcall-priority.patch
clocksource-small-cleanup.patch
clocksource-move-old-api-calls.patch
clocksource-add-some-new-api-calls.patch
clocksource-convert-generic-timeofday.patch
clocksource-add-block-notifier.patch
clocksource-remove-update_callback.patch
clocksource-initialize-list-value.patch
clocksource-add-generic-sched_clock.patch
clocksource-update-kernel-parameters.patch
profile-likely-unlikely-macros.patch

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