Date: Fri, 12 Nov 2004 09:03:48 +0100
From: Pavel Machek <pavel@ucw.cz>
To: Nigel Cunningham <ncunningham@linuxmail.org>
Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@digeo.com>,
       Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/3] Fix sysdev time support
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Hi!

> Add an extra parameter to get_cmos_time and to arch specific routines,
> allowing the user to specify whether we should wait for the beginning of
> a new second, or simply ensure that the time returned is accurate.

Well, I'd introduce __get_cmos_time() which is fast and implement
get_cmos_time() using fast version if that is possible. That solves
"change all callers" problem...
								Pavel
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