Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751229AbWBRMzo (ORCPT ); Sat, 18 Feb 2006 07:55:44 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751244AbWBRMzS (ORCPT ); Sat, 18 Feb 2006 07:55:18 -0500 Received: from atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz ([195.113.31.123]:38555 "EHLO atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751229AbWBRMzH (ORCPT ); Sat, 18 Feb 2006 07:55:07 -0500 Date: Fri, 17 Feb 2006 00:21:03 +0100 From: Pavel Machek To: Ulrich Windl Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: time patches by Roman Zippel Message-ID: <20060216232102.GP3490@openzaurus.ucw.cz> References: <43F195DF.23967.551458C@Ulrich.Windl.rkdvmks1.ngate.uni-regensburg.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <43F195DF.23967.551458C@Ulrich.Windl.rkdvmks1.ngate.uni-regensburg.de> User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.27i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 784 Lines: 20 Hi! > So personally I'd suggest to consider that code base. Options are eiher > 1) to optimize/streamline what you think is too ugly > 2) make the whole NTP lcok calibration optional if you think it's computationally > too heavy (however, both GNOME and KDE hit the CPU much more than any of these > changes) Well, being less resource-hungry is similar to be less lethal than loaded gun. Kernel time keeping should better have <0.1% cpu overhead. Pavel -- 64 bytes from 195.113.31.123: icmp_seq=28 ttl=51 time=448769.1 ms - 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/