Re: [PATCH] RTC: Add mmap method to rtc character driver

[Segher Boessenkool <segher@kernel.crashing.org>]

> Yes, but if its in trade for something thats being used currently  
> which hurts
> more (case in point being the X server), using this solution is a  
> net gain.

...in the short term.

> I'm not arguing with you that adding a low res gettimeofday  
> vsyscall is a better
> long term solution, but doing that requires potentially several  
> implementations
> in the C library accross a range of architectures, some of which  
> may not be able
> to provide a time solution any better than what the gettimeofday  
> syscall
> provides today.  The /dev/rtc solution is easy, available right  
> now, and applies
> to all arches.

"All"?


Segher

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