Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1161044AbWBNNVM (ORCPT ); Tue, 14 Feb 2006 08:21:12 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1161046AbWBNNVM (ORCPT ); Tue, 14 Feb 2006 08:21:12 -0500 Received: from scrub.xs4all.nl ([194.109.195.176]:48107 "EHLO scrub.xs4all.nl") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1161044AbWBNNVM (ORCPT ); Tue, 14 Feb 2006 08:21:12 -0500 Date: Tue, 14 Feb 2006 14:21:04 +0100 (CET) From: Roman Zippel X-X-Sender: roman@scrub.home To: Ulrich Windl cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: time patches by Roman Zippel In-Reply-To: <43F195DF.23967.551458C@Ulrich.Windl.rkdvmks1.ngate.uni-regensburg.de> Message-ID: References: <43F195DF.23967.551458C@Ulrich.Windl.rkdvmks1.ngate.uni-regensburg.de> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 904 Lines: 22 Hi, On Tue, 14 Feb 2006, Ulrich Windl wrote: > 15_time_offset and 18_time_freq change some well-known constants (like MAXPHASE) > by three orders of magnitude. > > the new adjtime() (16_time_adjust, 12_time_adj) changes the semantics: Since about > Linux 0.99, adjtime() had the adjtime_is_accurate property, i.e. on the long term > it behaved like an addition. I disagree, could you please explain how you come to this conclusion? The patches don't change the behaviour beyond that they increase resolution and precision. Only the final patch changes the ntp code to match the behaviour of ntp reference code without including all its mess. bye, Roman - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/