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SubjectRe: gettimeofday resolution seriously degraded in test9
>>>>> On Tue, 28 Oct 2003 11:59:17 -0800, Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@osdl.org> said:

Stephen> On 28 Oct 2003 11:19:21 -0800
Stephen> David Mosberger-Tang <David.Mosberger@acm.org> wrote:

>> >>>>> On Tue, 28 Oct 2003 19:30:13 +0100, Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@osdl.org> said:

Stephen> This should work better. Patch against 2.6.0-test9

>> Why not use the time-interpolator interface defined in timex.h? It
>> should handle such things without any special hacks.

Stephen> Because it has not been used yet outside of ia64. It would
Stephen> be worth investigating post 2.6.0 if it could be shown to
Stephen> be as fast and more correct. Several people have talked
Stephen> about redoing the existing mess, but now is not the time to
Stephen> attack this dragon...

OK, I certainly agree that it's not something that should be done in a
rush, so it's definitely post 2.6.0.

--david
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