From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S261784AbTJHWRx (ORCPT ); Wed, 8 Oct 2003 18:17:53 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S261812AbTJHWRx (ORCPT ); Wed, 8 Oct 2003 18:17:53 -0400 Received: from gprs148-130.eurotel.cz ([160.218.148.130]:60545 "EHLO amd.ucw.cz") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S261784AbTJHWRw (ORCPT ); Wed, 8 Oct 2003 18:17:52 -0400 Date: Thu, 9 Oct 2003 00:17:42 +0200 From: Pavel Machek To: Benjamin Herrenschmidt Cc: linuxppc-dev list , Linux Kernel list Subject: Re: Time precision, adjtime(x) vs. gettimeofday Message-ID: <20031008221741.GA1381@elf.ucw.cz> References: <1065619951.25818.15.camel@gaston> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1065619951.25818.15.camel@gaston> X-Warning: Reading this can be dangerous to your mental health. User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.4i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Hi! > While fixing problems experienced by some scientific users who > found out that gettimeofday() could sometimes run backward, I Having time run backward is not really an option; screensavers start kicking randomly, make has problems, etc, etc. Pavel -- When do you have a heart between your knees? [Johanka's followup: and *two* hearts?]