From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Fri, 21 Mar 2003 14:38:12 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Fri, 21 Mar 2003 14:38:10 -0500 Received: from inet-mail1.oracle.com ([148.87.2.201]:1186 "EHLO inet-mail1.oracle.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Fri, 21 Mar 2003 14:35:46 -0500 Date: Fri, 21 Mar 2003 11:46:17 -0800 From: Joel Becker To: george anzinger Cc: Martin Waitz , "linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" Subject: Re: Clock monotonic a suggestion Message-ID: <20030321194616.GD31586@ca-server1.us.oracle.com> References: <3E7A59CD.8040700@mvista.com> <20030321131744.GL27366@admingilde.org> <3E7B659F.9020407@mvista.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <3E7B659F.9020407@mvista.com> X-Burt-Line: Trees are cool. User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.3i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Fri, Mar 21, 2003 at 11:18:55AM -0800, george anzinger wrote: > I don't really understand how :( > > I want a tick on CLOCK_MONOTONIC to be the same size as a tick on > gettimeofday() over the life of the system. I.e. lock step. The only Ok, I think we're having a terminology problem here. I wasn't aware that "CLOCK_MONOTONIC" was a POSIX thing, I merely thought you were speaking of a kconf define for the proposed monotonic_clock() interface. That interface is a portable and consistent wrapper around access to things like the TSC and the cyclone timer. Maybe it needs renaming. Joel -- "But all my words come back to me In shades of mediocrity. Like emptiness in harmony I need someone to comfort me." Joel Becker Senior Member of Technical Staff Oracle Corporation E-mail: joel.becker@oracle.com Phone: (650) 506-8127