Messages in this thread | | | From | David Mosberger <> | Date | Tue, 28 Oct 2003 16:19:45 -0800 | Subject | Re: gettimeofday resolution seriously degraded in test9 |
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>>>>> 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.
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