Messages in this thread | | | From | "Ulrich Windl" <> | Date | Thu, 22 Apr 1999 10:45:11 +0200 | Subject | RFD: tickadj way too small? |
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Hello,
I don´t know what the initial reasoning for "500/HZ" was, but I think the value for tickadj is way too small in the Linux kernels.
(tickadj limits the speed of a adjtime() system call)
The current rate is 0.5ms per second. Thus a correction of 128ms needs 256s, almost 5 minutes. A correction of one second (not unusual if the computer was powered down for a day) almost needs half an hour.
The current rate of 0.05% (500PPM) is too slow in most cases. Many systems use much larger values.
I'm suggesting to boost the value of tickadj by a factor of 100. Therefore tickadj will be 50000/HZ, 500 for i386. This will result in a correction of 50ms per second (5%).
(My PPSkits added the ability to adjust the value of tickadj during runtime, but we need a reasonable default for most cases. BTW: there´s an additional patch to fix compilation problems on i386 with PPSkit-0.6.0: PPSkit-0.6.0-add-1.diff.gz, available at the usual sites since this morning)
I'm not subscribed to this list, but I'm willing to accept any contributions regarding this thread. If nobody objects, I'll put a higher value in the next PPSkit, and finally I'll suggest a patch for the stable kernel.
Regards, Ulrich P.S.: I'm suggesting to merge PPSkit-0.6 into the upcoming Linux 2.3 tree. Currently FreeBSD is way ahead in timekeeping (according to Mr Mills and Mr. Kamp)...
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