It's just a floating point number, the source for ntpd would say for sure, but i'm guessing 32 (or maybe 64 - docs say this size is used in internal calculations) bits.
>From what you say (2 bits used so far), I can afford this on *my* system... /dev/nvram can be used to access the CMOS, I wonder if any thought should be given to how to manage this storage space. It's too small for any kind of filesystem. Perhaps compile time options for /proc entries /proc/nvram/drift etc, each user can decide what size/format (integer/float) goes where... But I think you've answered my primary question... Thanks. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ronald G Minnich" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Jeremy Jackson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, December 16, 2001 8:23 PM Subject: Re: CMOS RAM allocation and alternate uses > Right now two bits of CMOS are used. > > There are only 256 bytes there. I like the ntp.drift idea but we're going > to run out of bits fast. How much do you need? > > ron >
