Re: LinuxPPS low-level IRQs timestamps & ldisc

[Lennart Sorensen]

On Mon, Jun 02, 2008 at 04:56:03PM +0200, Rodolfo Giometti wrote:
> I prefere avoid the if clause for getnstimeofday() since each
> instruction delay may decrease time precision, so:

Not if the delay is always constant.  That you can adjust for.  You
already have to adjust for cable length and such for your GPS, so
adjusting for a fixed delay for a conditional is no big deal.

Of course if you have to check of the DCD changed, that may not be
constant.  A check for whether this device currently has anyone that
wants the timestamp though should be a constant time.

-- 
Len Sorensen
--
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in
the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
More majordomo info at  http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
Please read the FAQ at  http://www.tux.org/lkml/