Re: [parisc-linux] [Testers wanted] New glibc with profiling fixed.

[Tres Melton <tres@mindspring.com>]

On Tue, 2005-07-26 at 07:24 -0600, Grant Grundler wrote:
> I can do that in August...thanks for pointing that out.
> I read the first parts of the report but don't recall seeing
> the kernel patch.

http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=90090#c21
It is not a patch file just in the comment.

> Right. That's why jiffies exported to user space has to be "normalized"
> for whatever rate user space *thinks* the kernel is running.

I'm advocating a way for user space to *know* what the kernel is
running.  It is this thinking crap that is messing things up.

> > You spoke of another kernel
> > dev, could you ask him if he is opposed to exporting the correct value
> > in the elf header (or /proc) and to give a quick justification for his
> > response, pro or con.  Thanks.
> 
> He's already flown back to germany and it was just incidental that
> he was available. I'd rather not pester him about this since it
> seems to be a fairly well understood issue...at least to some people.

If you happen to speak to him again I would still like any extra info.
Don't bother him explicitly for this though.  The issue will be taken to
the LKML by the end of the week.

> thanks,
> grant
-- 
Tres

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