Re: [PATCH] /dev/time for Linux, inspired by Plan 9

Chris Brannon
2009-03-07T16:23:38Z

John Stultz wrote:
> On Tue, Mar 3, 2009 at 7:06 PM, Christopher Brannon <cmbrannon@cox.net> wrote:
> > I implemented such a facility for Linux. A read of /dev/time produces
> > four decimal numbers: epoch seconds, nanoseconds since start of epoch,
> > jiffies since boot, and jiffies per second.
>
> Ehh. Why would we want to export raw kernel internal values like
> jiffies and HZ?
>
> I think the CLOCK_MONOTONIC clockid would probably be a better value to export.

I'll look at CLOCK_MONOTONIC clockid. I'm more than glad to export something
more appropriate, including nothing at all (dummy values, perhaps).

-- Chris