From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-5.6 required=3.0 tests=DKIM_SIGNED,DKIM_VALID, DKIM_VALID_AU,FREEMAIL_FORGED_FROMDOMAIN,FREEMAIL_FROM, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,MENTIONS_GIT_HOSTING, SPF_HELO_NONE,SPF_PASS autolearn=unavailable autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D3276C3815B for ; Mon, 20 Apr 2020 11:13:23 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [23.128.96.18]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A99B920747 for ; Mon, 20 Apr 2020 11:13:23 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: mail.kernel.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=gmail.com header.i=@gmail.com header.b="CmwvVqcI" Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1725896AbgDTLNX (ORCPT ); Mon, 20 Apr 2020 07:13:23 -0400 Received: from lindbergh.monkeyblade.net ([23.128.96.19]:47220 "EHLO lindbergh.monkeyblade.net" rhost-flags-OK-FAIL-OK-FAIL) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1725775AbgDTLNX (ORCPT ); Mon, 20 Apr 2020 07:13:23 -0400 Received: from mail-ed1-x542.google.com (mail-ed1-x542.google.com [IPv6:2a00:1450:4864:20::542]) by lindbergh.monkeyblade.net (Postfix) with ESMTPS id D00B8C061A0C; Mon, 20 Apr 2020 04:13:22 -0700 (PDT) Received: by mail-ed1-x542.google.com with SMTP id k22so2662852eds.6; Mon, 20 Apr 2020 04:13:22 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20161025; h=mime-version:references:in-reply-to:reply-to:from:date:message-id :subject:to:cc; bh=SU+exM0frj/6t8JtBnEfj4oNwFAq7tpryj73d9QgO7s=; b=CmwvVqcIh5/X/TwkuiTz7oED/QQIDxkPArBQBAkOQ0p8fNyynbyBnMPnd3RhuBEajn U4GWho+n9f9Rfqss6dv56RQGO43QRk+0IvkqF+3F60EIVgvoVHvqxzIQA+1THRlAmsTg /smH4bTnw/yey2GVNZ0v/3tPg1tuu8quk9zLldmPfF5vAsaJdcPsl8NpTQpPMOiyn29s HcRTEAAk3im21L0svXMK8CAqbaoSZjkoDSs0n1amjrW113NgAyjzuBtuNKMe0poSUYbC Lr32Xgt05WNOQTc3vROH8LK/OefQoQYEhmjUttxDNxMDlHtRCYBwKqFJ+Aucq4XSwWtt QS8A== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:references:in-reply-to:reply-to :from:date:message-id:subject:to:cc; bh=SU+exM0frj/6t8JtBnEfj4oNwFAq7tpryj73d9QgO7s=; b=aci76wfolfW74Zedt7gZS9VujEzopQOhRkF9cqtyf4nbFKsZjWTzIO37ubUIak2rGm ExDXliSpNT5CHan+pnDwjl/vJ3Hc7BPfNGi1CmQcoVDQSeL96TZBYPc5Heb7jXjFm/SZ Oi5H929QSjT2gF7qG6YI53LOBgOG/IPveH8gtscNHiC9KeG3mA5eNJzmCC3D8tXgxr9F /eKLHYubLEegeb8UOJVpf2U31FWh5qJaFK2JA2zk2sQ7oPVPeOFZTn7NeBYjoCCTx5jH I/btyuMipQIvHgKKGLUjTZkAl3SD27d8O64ZlY8+8iqR89P1153y7BXecUCG2b/zxvuk D6Ug== X-Gm-Message-State: AGi0PuZ/scXskfdvFDyjuUGMI0hyIxZWxjAw0pFZDc9KBlBy0IgEoJDX FemhqtX6jColBETuoRPoQKm4eOrauEnfomWpDe8= X-Google-Smtp-Source: APiQypJMFl8usNxelAB+tiyORrTHtguqC8wphidrmECUaKOO5gezxw+Kp4StaDvHfPfsEXkfbdwfp+N+eIdquzx6QzU= X-Received: by 2002:a05:6402:16da:: with SMTP id r26mr13054459edx.375.1587381201259; Mon, 20 Apr 2020 04:13:21 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 References: In-Reply-To: Reply-To: mtk.manpages@gmail.com From: "Michael Kerrisk (man-pages)" Date: Mon, 20 Apr 2020 13:13:09 +0200 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/1] clock_getres.2: dynamic POSIX clock devices can return other errors To: Eric Rannaud Cc: Eric Rannaud , linux-man , Linux API Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Sender: linux-man-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-man@vger.kernel.org Hello Eric, > > > (IEEE 1588 PTP is the canonical user of these dynamic clock devices) > > > > > > Would you want to refer to any of these from the man page? > > > > See above. I would be happy to add a 2 or 3 sentence note to the page > > that briefly describes the concept of a POSIX clock. Would you be able > > to come up with something? > > I'll try, but I've never used them, so I'm not convinced I can capture > the concept clearly. Cough! I found an old patch in my inbox... https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/docs/man-pages/man-pages.git/commit/?id=f377393edddb6321a53c3e5ba516977e04d10445 (plus some edits in some subsequent commits) Thanks, Michael -- Michael Kerrisk Linux man-pages maintainer; http://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/ Linux/UNIX System Programming Training: http://man7.org/training/