Messages in this thread |  | | | From | (H. Peter Anvin) | | Subject | Re: adjtimex() and tickadj | | Date | 2 Oct 1997 06:52:34 GMT |
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Followup to: <9B9234D5974@rkdvmks1.ngate.uni-regensburg.de> By author: "Ulrich Windl" <ulrich.windl@rz.uni-regensburg.de> In newsgroup: linux.dev.kernel > > Hello, > > somebody wanted to be able to change tickadj via adjtimex(). As this > is really no big affair, I wanted to ask for opinions. > > The current value, 500/HZ, corrects 0.5ms per second. With some > phantasy values up to 500000/HZ are thinkable. Some popular kernels > use about 600 (60000/HZ). > > Increasing tickadj will make the time change faster. Precision > adjustments should be unaffected. >
Maybe the best would be to make the time change nonlinear? The bigger the step, the faster change?
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