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From(H. Peter Anvin)
SubjectRe: adjtimex() and tickadj
Date2 Oct 1997 06:52:34 GMT
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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