From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Grant Grundler Subject: Re: [parisc-linux] [PATCH] timer_interrupt and gettimeoffset. Date: Sun, 3 Sep 2006 13:31:22 -0600 Message-ID: <20060903193122.GA20217@colo.lackof.org> References: <20060830165211.GA3999@colo.lackof.org> <119aab440608301323w309debf2g6635ce4757ac024b@mail.gmail.com> <1157212326.4041.26.camel@mulgrave.il.steeleye.com> <119aab440609030800h264c16bcn2958a78558a2ef48@mail.gmail.com> <1157300093.3486.15.camel@mulgrave.il.steeleye.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Cc: Joel Soete , parisc-linux To: James Bottomley Return-Path: In-Reply-To: <1157300093.3486.15.camel@mulgrave.il.steeleye.com> List-Id: parisc-linux developers list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: parisc-linux-bounces@lists.parisc-linux.org On Sun, Sep 03, 2006 at 11:14:53AM -0500, James Bottomley wrote: > Since the timer interrupts miss so many ticks, halftick processing looks > like a good idea to me. I was going to argue halfticks are a bad idea. They just make it all more complicated. My last version of the rewrite patch does away with them complete. > Thus, we have to assume gettimeoffset() can be > negative by up to half a tick. The current processing in > do_gettimeofday() already copes nicely with this. It deals nicely _without_ halfticks too. grant _______________________________________________ parisc-linux mailing list parisc-linux@lists.parisc-linux.org http://lists.parisc-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/parisc-linux