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SubjectRe: time jumps (again)
On Wed, Aug 06, 2003 at 02:16:35PM -0400, Timothy Miller wrote:

> Is there any way the kernel could detect clock problems like drift and
> jumps by comparing the effects of different timers? And when a problem
> is detected, it can correct the situation automatically.

In this particular case, I think my stopgap
if ((long) usec < 0)
usec = 0;
would suffice to eliminate the jumps.
Of course it would be better to understand the hardware details,
but perhaps we are insufficiently documented.

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