On 2 Dec 2005 at 16:19, George Anzinger wrote:
john stultz wrote:
All,
Here is the second of two patches which try to minimize my ntp rework
patches.
This patch further changes the interrupt time NTP code, breaking out the
leapsecond processing and introduces an accessor to a shifted ppm
In a discusson aroung the leapsecond and how to disable it (some folks don't want the time jump) it came to light that, for the most part, this is unused code. It requires that time be kept in UST to be useful and, from what I can tell, most folks keep time in their local timezone, thus, effectively, disableing the usage of the leapsecond correction (ntp figures this out and just says "no"). Possibly it is time to ask if we should keep this in the kernel at all.
I think this is not a question at all whether people like leap seconds or not: Either they want to have the current official time, or they do not. If they do not, they won't care about NTP; if they do they'd use it.
If they don't like leap seconds, they'd go into politics to forbid them by law.