Re: [PATCH] /dev/time for Linux, inspired by Plan 9

[Chris Brannon <cmbrannon@cox.net>]

J.R. Mauro wrote:
> On Sat, Mar 07, 2009 at 10:23:05AM -0600, Chris Brannon wrote:
> > John Stultz wrote:
> > > Ehh. Why would we want to export raw kernel internal values like
> > > jiffies and HZ?
> > > 
> > > I think the CLOCK_MONOTONIC clockid would probably be a better value to
> > > export.
> > 
> > I'll look at CLOCK_MONOTONIC clockid.  I'm more than glad to export
> > something > more appropriate, including nothing at all (dummy values,
> > perhaps).
> 
> Chris, are the current values exactly what one would get if reading /dev/time
> onPlan 9?
> If possible, it would be nice to aim for 100% compatibility as there are
> folks trying to get complete Plan 9 binary compatibility working in Linux.

On Plan 9, the last two values are architecture-dependent.
I rewrote my patch to export nanoseconds since boot and nanoseconds per
second, but either choice should be ok from the standpoint of compatibility.

I am going to rework this patch to eliminate the inconsistencies
with the Plan 9 interface.

Thanks to Jochen Vos for pointing out the error in the documentation.
I forgot to change my example to reflect the change to the code.

-- Chris