Date: Tue, 11 Jan 2005 15:58:15 -0500 (EST)
From: linux-os <linux-os@chaos.analogic.com>
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To: john stultz <johnstul@us.ibm.com>
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Subject: Re: New Linux System time proposal
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On Tue, 11 Jan 2005, john stultz wrote:

> On Tue, 2005-01-11 at 09:31 -0500, linux-os wrote:
>> I think that Linux time should be re-thought and done over once and
>> for all.
>
> I agree, and I've been working on this for awhile.
>
> You can find an outdated summery of my ideas here:
> http://lwn.net/Articles/100665/
>
> And as soon as I get ppc64 booting I'll be sending out a new release of
> the code.
>
> thanks
> -john
>

I'm glad you are working on it. The system I proposed is the same
thing that was done in VAX/VMS. There was never any need to upset
any timing anywhere because it was just BOOTTIME + OFFSET +
uFORTNIGHT-tick = (quadword) time.

A more modern version for Linux would "simplicate and add lightness",
as well as get rid of the:

    warning:  Clock skew detected.  Your build may be incomplete.

...from `make` as a result of more-and-more-usual time jumps.

Cheers,
Dick Johnson
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