In message <4e7c9fa6.1000...@earthlink.net>, Jim Lux writes:
>
>The standard currently defines a "time API" with some simple features to
>set and get time, nominally defined in terms of a transformation from
>some base clock (i.e. there's a default transformation of the form
>reported time = k1 * raw clock + k2). In the current standard, "time"
>is carried around as 32 bit seconds + 32 bit nanoseconds (which is, at
>least familiar to most people, being similar to POSIX seconds +
>microseconds from gettimeofday())
Take a look at FreeBSD's timecounters, what you are asking for
sounds pretty much like what I did 15 years:
http://phk.freebsd.dk/pubs/timecounter.pdf
I used a 32.64 internal format, to avoid rounding errors, particularly
in your "k1" term.
I'm headed for the US east-coast the next week, if we get anywhere
near each other, I'd be happy to talk, shoot me an email: p...@freebsd.org
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