Re: gettimeofday resolution seriously degraded in test9

[David Mosberger]

>>>>> On Tue, 28 Oct 2003 11:59:17 -0800, Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@xxxxxxxx> said:

  Stephen> On 28 Oct 2003 11:19:21 -0800
  Stephen> David Mosberger-Tang <David.Mosberger@xxxxxxx> wrote:

  >> >>>>> On Tue, 28 Oct 2003 19:30:13 +0100, Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@xxxxxxxx> said:

  Stephen> This should work better. Patch against 2.6.0-test9

  >> Why not use the time-interpolator interface defined in timex.h?  It
  >> should handle such things without any special hacks.

  Stephen> Because it has not been used yet outside of ia64.  It would
  Stephen> be worth investigating post 2.6.0 if it could be shown to
  Stephen> be as fast and more correct.  Several people have talked
  Stephen> about redoing the existing mess, but now is not the time to
  Stephen> attack this dragon...

OK, I certainly agree that it's not something that should be done in a
rush, so it's definitely post 2.6.0.

	--david
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