Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sat, 4 Sep 2010 12:23:55 -0500 (CDT) | From | Christoph Lameter <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH 0/2] [RFC] posix clock tuning |
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On Fri, 3 Sep 2010, Richard Cochran wrote:
> Recently on the lkml, we discussed how to allow adjustment of posix > clocks. I have tried to understand and implement the ideas expressed > in the various threads. > > If there is agreement on this approach, I will resubmit these two > patches as part of a longer series, including support for a new kind > of hardware clock, so you can see how it all fits together. But first, > I would like to concentrate on the new syscall itself. > > The patches are against a recent net-next tree. Please don't worry if > the syscall tables are not quite up to date. I can fix that later.
Could you explain why the existing interfaces are not sufficient that do what you describe?
man adjtime man adjtimex man clock_settime ?
Why would you need this to support a new hardware clock? You want the clock to run at a different speed from system time?
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