linux/kernel
Roman Zippel f199239373 [PATCH] ntp: convert to the NTP4 reference model
This converts the kernel ntp model into a model which matches the nanokernel
reference implementations.  The previous patches already increased the
resolution and precision of the computations, so that this conversion becomes
quite simple.

<linux@horizon.com> explains:

The original NTP kernel interface was defined in units of microseconds.
That's what Linux implements.  As computers have gotten faster and can now
split microseconds easily, a new kernel interface using nanosecond units was
defined ("the nanokernel", confusing as that name is to OS hackers), and
there's an STA_NANO bit in the adjtimex() status field to tell the application
which units it's using.

The current ntpd supports both, but Linux loses some possible timing
resolution because of quantization effects, and the ntpd hackers would really
like to be able to drop the backwards compatibility code.

Ulrich Windl has been maintaining a patch set to do the conversion for years,
but it's hard to keep in sync.

Signed-off-by: Roman Zippel <zippel@linux-m68k.org>
Cc: john stultz <johnstul@us.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-10-01 00:39:27 -07:00
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irq [PATCH] irq: remove a extra line 2006-09-29 09:18:07 -07:00
power Merge master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/driver-2.6 2006-09-26 11:49:46 -07:00
time [PATCH] ntp: convert to the NTP4 reference model 2006-10-01 00:39:27 -07:00
.gitignore gitignore: ignore more generated files 2006-01-03 11:35:26 +01:00
Kconfig.hz [PATCH] i386: Selectable Frequency of the Timer Interrupt 2005-06-23 09:45:10 -07:00
Kconfig.preempt [PATCH] sched: voluntary kernel preemption 2005-06-25 16:24:45 -07:00
Makefile [PATCH] maximum latency tracking infrastructure 2006-10-01 00:39:19 -07:00
acct.c [PATCH] audit/accounting: tty locking 2006-09-29 09:18:25 -07:00
audit.c [PATCH] selinux: rename selinux_ctxid_to_string 2006-09-26 08:48:52 -07:00
audit.h [PATCH] audit: AUDIT_PERM support 2006-09-11 13:32:30 -04:00
auditfilter.c [PATCH] selinux: rename selinux_ctxid_to_string 2006-09-26 08:48:52 -07:00
auditsc.c [PATCH] audit/accounting: tty locking 2006-09-29 09:18:25 -07:00
capability.c [PATCH] pidspace: is_init() 2006-09-29 09:18:12 -07:00
compat.c [PATCH] BLOCK: Move extern declarations out of fs/*.c into header files [try #6] 2006-09-30 20:52:18 +02:00
configs.c Remove obsolete #include <linux/config.h> 2006-06-30 19:25:36 +02:00
cpu.c [PATCH] Disable CPU hotplug during suspend 2006-09-26 08:48:59 -07:00
cpuset.c [PATCH] cpuset: fix obscure attach_task vs exiting race 2006-09-29 09:18:25 -07:00
delayacct.c [PATCH] task delay accounting fixes 2006-09-01 11:39:08 -07:00
dma.c Linux-2.6.12-rc2 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07:00
exec_domain.c Remove obsolete #include <linux/config.h> 2006-06-30 19:25:36 +02:00
exit.c [PATCH] BLOCK: Remove duplicate declaration of exit_io_context() [try #6] 2006-09-30 20:31:20 +02:00
extable.c [PATCH] symbol_put_addr() locks kernel 2006-05-15 11:20:55 -07:00
fork.c [PATCH] copy_process: cosmetic ->ioprio tweak 2006-09-29 09:18:18 -07:00
futex.c [PATCH] sys_get_robust_list(): don't take tasklist_lock 2006-09-29 09:18:18 -07:00
futex_compat.c [PATCH] futex: Apply recent futex fixes to futex_compat 2006-08-06 08:57:49 -07:00
hrtimer.c [PATCH] posix-timers: Fix clock_nanosleep() doesn't return the remaining time in compatibility mode 2006-09-29 09:18:15 -07:00
itimer.c [PATCH] hrtimers: remove data field 2006-03-26 08:57:03 -08:00
kallsyms.c [PATCH] null-terminate over-long /proc/kallsyms symbols 2006-07-14 21:53:52 -07:00
kexec.c [PATCH] kexec warning fix 2006-09-29 09:18:15 -07:00
kfifo.c [PATCH] memory ordering in __kfifo primitives 2006-09-29 09:18:13 -07:00
kmod.c [PATCH] Fix ____call_usermodehelper errors being silently ignored 2006-09-29 09:18:16 -07:00
kprobes.c [PATCH] IA64: kprobe invalidate icache of jump buffer 2006-07-31 13:28:38 -07:00
ksysfs.c Remove obsolete #include <linux/config.h> 2006-06-30 19:25:36 +02:00
kthread.c [PATCH] remove kernel/kthread.c:kthread_stop_sem() 2006-07-14 21:53:52 -07:00
latency.c [PATCH] maximum latency tracking infrastructure 2006-10-01 00:39:19 -07:00
lockdep.c [PATCH] lockdep core: improve the lock-chain-hash 2006-09-29 09:18:25 -07:00
lockdep_internals.h [PATCH] lockdep: double the number of stack-trace entries 2006-09-13 07:32:14 -07:00
lockdep_proc.c [PATCH] lockdep: procfs 2006-07-03 15:27:04 -07:00
module.c [PATCH] /sys/modules: allow full length section names 2006-09-29 09:18:23 -07:00
mutex-debug.c [PATCH] lockdep: prove mutex locking correctness 2006-07-03 15:27:04 -07:00
mutex-debug.h [PATCH] lockdep: better lock debugging 2006-07-03 15:27:01 -07:00
mutex.c [PATCH] lockdep: prove mutex locking correctness 2006-07-03 15:27:04 -07:00
mutex.h [PATCH] lockdep: prove mutex locking correctness 2006-07-03 15:27:04 -07:00
panic.c [PATCH] x86: Clean up x86 NMI sysctls 2006-09-30 01:47:55 +02:00
params.c [PATCH] module_subsys: initialize earlier 2006-09-29 09:18:08 -07:00
pid.c [PATCH] pid: remove temporary debug code in attach_pid 2006-09-27 08:26:19 -07:00
posix-cpu-timers.c [PATCH] posix-timers: Fix the flags handling in posix_cpu_nsleep() 2006-09-29 09:18:15 -07:00
posix-timers.c [PATCH] posix-timers: Fix clock_nanosleep() doesn't return the remaining time in compatibility mode 2006-09-29 09:18:15 -07:00
printk.c [PATCH] PM: make it possible to disable console suspending 2006-09-26 08:49:03 -07:00
profile.c [PATCH] Profiling: require buffer allocation on the correct node 2006-09-26 08:48:50 -07:00
ptrace.c [PATCH] pidspace: is_init() 2006-09-29 09:18:12 -07:00
rcupdate.c [PATCH] rcu_do_batch: make ->qlen decrement irq safe 2006-09-13 07:32:14 -07:00
rcutorture.c [PATCH] rcu: add lock annotations to rcu{,_bh}_torture_read_{lock,unlock} 2006-09-29 09:18:08 -07:00
relay.c [PATCH] kernel-doc for relay interface 2006-09-29 09:18:06 -07:00
resource.c Resources: insert identical resources above existing resources 2006-09-26 17:43:52 -07:00
rtmutex-debug.c [PATCH] sched: cleanup, remove task_t, convert to struct task_struct 2006-07-03 15:27:11 -07:00
rtmutex-debug.h [PATCH] lockdep: better lock debugging 2006-07-03 15:27:01 -07:00
rtmutex-tester.c [PATCH] Add try_to_freeze() to rt-test kthreads 2006-07-14 21:53:53 -07:00
rtmutex.c [PATCH] clean up and remove some extra spinlocks from rtmutex 2006-09-29 09:18:09 -07:00
rtmutex.h [PATCH] lockdep: better lock debugging 2006-07-03 15:27:01 -07:00
rtmutex_common.h [PATCH] pi-futex: futex_lock_pi/futex_unlock_pi support 2006-06-27 17:32:47 -07:00
rwsem.c [PATCH] lockdep: prove rwsem locking correctness 2006-07-03 15:27:04 -07:00
sched.c [PATCH] introduce TASK_DEAD state 2006-09-29 09:18:21 -07:00
seccomp.c Linux-2.6.12-rc2 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07:00
signal.c [PATCH] __dequeue_signal() cleanup 2006-09-29 09:18:15 -07:00
softirq.c [PATCH] check return value of cpu_callback 2006-09-29 09:18:14 -07:00
softlockup.c [PATCH] check return value of cpu_callback 2006-09-29 09:18:14 -07:00
spinlock.c [PATCH] Directed yield: cpu_relax variants for spinlocks and rw-locks 2006-10-01 00:39:21 -07:00
stacktrace.c [PATCH] lockdep: stacktrace subsystem, core 2006-07-03 15:27:02 -07:00
stop_machine.c [PATCH] stop_machine.c copyright 2006-09-29 09:18:24 -07:00
sys.c [PATCH] CodingStyle cleanup for kernel/sys.c 2006-10-01 00:39:20 -07:00
sys_ni.c [PATCH] BLOCK: Make it possible to disable the block layer [try #6] 2006-09-30 20:52:31 +02:00
sysctl.c [PATCH] x86: Clean up x86 NMI sysctls 2006-09-30 01:47:55 +02:00
taskstats.c [NETLINK]: Extend netlink messaging interface 2006-09-22 14:53:43 -07:00
time.c [PATCH] NTP: Move all the NTP related code to ntp.c 2006-10-01 00:39:26 -07:00
timer.c [PATCH] ntp: add time_adjust to tick length 2006-10-01 00:39:26 -07:00
uid16.c [PATCH] Add more prevent_tail_call() 2006-04-19 16:27:18 -07:00
unwind.c [PATCH] unwind: fix unused variable warning when !CONFIG_MODULES 2006-09-29 09:18:11 -07:00
user.c [PATCH] selinux: add hooks for key subsystem 2006-06-22 15:05:55 -07:00
wait.c [PATCH] uninline init_waitqueue_head() 2006-07-10 13:24:25 -07:00
workqueue.c [PATCH] workqueue: remove lock_cpu_hotplug() 2006-08-14 12:54:29 -07:00