On Thu, 14 Jul 2005, Linus Torvalds wrote: > So the _sane_ way to do timeouts is to define an _arbitrary_ clock that is > just an integer counter. None of this "nanoseconds + full seconds" crap. > None of this stupid confusion with "real time". You select something that > is conceptually _clearly_ somethign else, and that will never get confused > when root sets the time backwards or anything like that. > > In other words, you select the thing we call "jiffies".
AFAIK John simply wants to change jiffies to count in nanoseconds since bootup and then call it "clock_monotonic". One 64 bit value no splitting into seconds and nanoseconds anymore. This allows arbitrary length intervals between timer interrupts. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
