Re: [RFC][PATCH] new timeofday core subsystem (v.A0)

From: john stultz
Date: Wed Sep 08 2004 - 13:14:33 EST


On Fri, 2004-09-03 at 17:02, George Anzinger wrote:
> > Again, monotonic_clock() and friends are NTP adjusted, so drift caused
> > by inaccurate calibration shouldn't be a problem the interval timer code
> > should need to worry about (outside of maybe adjusting its interval time
> > if its always arriving late/early). If possible the timesource
> > calibration code should be improved, but that's icing on the cake and
> > isn't critical.
> >
> Are you providing a way to predict what clock count provide a given time offset
> INCLUDING ntp? If so, cool. If not we need to get this conversion right. We
> will go into this more on your return.

Sorry, I'm not sure what you mean. Mind expanding on the idea while my
brain warms back up?

thanks
-john


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