Re: Linux time code

[Oleg Verych <olecom@flower.upol.cz>]

Ulrich Windl wrote:
> Hi everybody!
>
> I've been viewing recent changes to the Linux kernel (specifically 2.6.15.1 to 
> 2.6.17.8), and I felt I'll have to say something:
>
> First there's a new routine in kernel/time.c named "set_normalized_timespec()". 
[..something....]
> Sorry if you don't like that kind of message, but I just had to say that. It seems 
> the time subsystem is already so complex that people are just adding new code 
> instead of considering redesign or reuse of the existing code.
As far as i can see here's "return -ENOPATCH;" kind of mail list.
Did you read and consider cooperation with authors of:

"We Are Not Getting Any Younger: A New Approach to  Time and Timers"
<http://www.linuxsymposium.org/2005/linuxsymposium_procv1.pdf>

"Hrtimers and Beyond: Transforming the Linux Time"
Subsystems <https://ols2006.108.redhat.com/reprints/gleixner-reprint.pdf>  ?

> Regards,
> Ulrich

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