Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 25 Jul 2006 19:56:44 -0400 | From | Neil Horman <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] RTC: Add mmap method to rtc character driver |
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On Wed, Jul 26, 2006 at 01:29:25AM +0200, Segher Boessenkool wrote: > >Yes, but if its in trade for something thats being used currently > >which hurts > >more (case in point being the X server), using this solution is a > >net gain. > > ...in the short term. > And for any arch that isn't able to leverage a speedup via a vdso implementation of a simmilar functionality in the long term
> >I'm not arguing with you that adding a low res gettimeofday > >vsyscall is a better > >long term solution, but doing that requires potentially several > >implementations > >in the C library accross a range of architectures, some of which > >may not be able > >to provide a time solution any better than what the gettimeofday > >syscall > >provides today. The /dev/rtc solution is easy, available right > >now, and applies > >to all arches. > > "All"? > It there any arch for which the rtc driver doesn't function? Neil
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