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On Thu, 22 Nov 2007 11:46:13 -0800 (PST) Davide Libenzi <davidel@xmailserver.org> wrote:

> On Thu, 22 Nov 2007, Michael Kerrisk wrote:
> 
> > On Nov 22, 2007 6:34 PM, Davide Libenzi <davidel@xmailserver.org> wrote:
> > > On Thu, 22 Nov 2007, Michael Kerrisk wrote:
> > >
> > > > Hey Davide,
> > > >
> > > > Where is the new timerfd API.  In 2.6.24-rc3, I see the *old* API...
> > >
> > > Maybe Andrew stuffed the turkey with it? :) It was there. I remeber it was
> > > merged. Some screw up reverted it?
> > 
> > t looks that way.
> 
> I'm looking at the log now. It never went in actually. Andrew-san, what 
> happened?
> 

Last I recall, we removed the API for 2.6.23 because we intended to do a
different interface for 2.6.24.

But I don't recall seeing any timerfd patches in maybe a month.