Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 21 Mar 2006 19:40:38 +0100 | From | Pavel Machek <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH 1/14] RTC: Remove RTC UIP synchronization on x86 |
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On Út 21-03-06 10:38:52, Matt Mackall wrote: > On Sun, Mar 19, 2006 at 06:13:36PM +0000, Pavel Machek wrote: > > Hi! > > > So this patch series simply removes the synchronization in favor of a > > > simple seqlock-like approach using the seconds value. > > > > What about polling RTC from timer interrupt or something like that, so > > that you get error in range of 5 msec instead of 500 msec? You can do > > the calibration in parallel, then... > > I considered that and decided it wasn't worth the effort. People who > care (which ought to be the empty set) can run /sbin/hwclock.
Fair enough, hwclock works for me. Pavel
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