Messages in this thread | | | From | "Ulrich Windl" <> | Date | Tue, 06 Dec 2005 08:10:03 +0100 | Subject | Re: [PATCH 2/13] Time: Reduced NTP Rework (part 2) |
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On 5 Dec 2005 at 11:35, Roman Zippel wrote:
> Hi, > > On Fri, 2 Dec 2005, George Anzinger wrote: > > > In a discusson aroung the leapsecond and how to disable it (some folks don't > > want the time jump) it came to light that, for the most part, this is unused > > code. It requires that time be kept in UST to be useful and, from what I can > > tell, most folks keep time in their local timezone, thus, effectively, > > disableing the usage of the leapsecond correction (ntp figures this out and > > just says "no"). Possibly it is time to ask if we should keep this in the > > kernel at all. > > I'm thinking about moving the leap second handling to a timer, with the > new timer system it would be easy to set a timer for e.g. 23:59.59 and > then set the time. This way it would be gone from the common path and it > wouldn't matter that much anymore whether it's used or not.
Will the timer solution guarantee consistent and exact updates?
Regards, Ulrich
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