Re: [PATCH 1/14] RTC: Remove RTC UIP synchronization on x86

From: Pavel Machek
Date: Tue Mar 21 2006 - 13:38:25 EST


On Út 21-03-06 10:38:52, Matt Mackall wrote:
> On Sun, Mar 19, 2006 at 06:13:36PM +0000, Pavel Machek wrote:
> > Hi!
> > > So this patch series simply removes the synchronization in favor of a
> > > simple seqlock-like approach using the seconds value.
> >
> > What about polling RTC from timer interrupt or something like that, so
> > that you get error in range of 5 msec instead of 500 msec? You can do
> > the calibration in parallel, then...
>
> I considered that and decided it wasn't worth the effort. People who
> care (which ought to be the empty set) can run /sbin/hwclock.

Fair enough, hwclock works for me.
Pavel

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