Hello,

I have spend some time making a patch against the Linux kernel to 
switch to nanoseconds time resolution together with several time-
related updates. I really need support for architectures other than 
i386, specifically a routine that has a very fine and accurate time 
resolution (just using ns == 1000*us isn't the best choice).

For the 2.4.0 patch the ia64, sh, mips64, and parisc architectures are 
completely not done, and the other architectures are either untested or 
done sub-optiomal.

Therefore I put together a simple "hacking document" (see attachment) 
to guide you when trying to port the code.  More text can be found in 
Documentation/kernel-time.txt after the patch, or in the distribution 
for Linux 2.2 (PPSkit-1.0.2.tar*) So please spend an hour or two to 
help me out there. I hope I'm not forced to drop the project.

Unless you can convince me not to have a /proc/sys/kernel/time 
directory, I'd also suggest to accept the patch for 
/usr/src/linux/include/sysctl.h for the standard kernel. Currently I 
have allocated "50" for the "time" entry. I'd like to have a stable 
number for the future.

Regards,
Ulrich Windl