2.4.0test11: "nanoseconds patch" (prerelease) available

Hi,

related to my question about having nanoseconds in xtime for Linux 2.5, two (or three) people were interested, or at least managed to route their message to me. As promised I have made an early release patch against 2.4.0test11 available at

ftp.kernel.org:/pub/linux/daemons/ntp/PPS/pps-2.4-pre1.tar.bz2 (63kB, patch + digital signature)

The modified sources compile, link and boot (for arch/i386), but consider this code as alpha quality, and don't use it for production use. It is possible that it works perfectly, but I simply don't have the experience.

Fixes for any architectures are appreciated. Finally I want to get rid of gettimeoffset() and a lot of redundant code.

I noticed that the ATM drivers access xtime directly. If jiffies are not fine enough, do_gettimeofday() has to be called for now. If that's too slow, we have to think about an alternative.

Regards,
Ulrich

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