Re: [PATCH] RTC: Add mmap method to rtc character driver

Segher Boessenkool
2006-07-25T23:30:07Z

> Yes, but if its in trade for something thats being used currently
> which hurts
> more (case in point being the X server), using this solution is a
> net gain.

...in the short term.

> I'm not arguing with you that adding a low res gettimeofday
> vsyscall is a better
> long term solution, but doing that requires potentially several
> implementations
> in the C library accross a range of architectures, some of which
> may not be able
> to provide a time solution any better than what the gettimeofday
> syscall
> provides today. The /dev/rtc solution is easy, available right
> now, and applies
> to all arches.

"All"?

Segher