From: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
To: Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@ziepe.ca>
Cc: LKML <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
Alexandre Belloni <alexandre.belloni@bootlin.com>,
Miroslav Lichvar <mlichvar@redhat.com>,
John Stultz <john.stultz@linaro.org>,
Prarit Bhargava <prarit@redhat.com>,
Alessandro Zummo <a.zummo@towertech.it>,
linux-rtc@vger.kernel.org, Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Subject: Re: [patch 8/8] ntp: Consolidate the RTC update implementation
Date: Fri, 11 Dec 2020 10:23:29 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <877dpoitm6.fsf@nanos.tec.linutronix.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20201207210505.GM5487@ziepe.ca>
On Mon, Dec 07 2020 at 17:05, Jason Gunthorpe wrote:
> On Sun, Dec 06, 2020 at 10:46:21PM +0100, Thomas Gleixner wrote:
>> static void sync_hw_clock(struct work_struct *work)
>> {
>> + static unsigned long offset_nsec = NSEC_PER_SEC / 2;
>
> A comment here explaining this is the default: because the platform is
> assumed to use CMOS, and by the way, this whole thing is obsolete
> don't use it, seems appropriate..
Will add something like that.
> The time split is clearer if you think of it from a bus/datasheet
> perspective, less clear if you try to measure the system directly, eg
> from an alarm. But, I think this has a better chance of some rtclib
> driver authors to fill in the datasheet value at least.
That's the hope. You know hope dies last...
Thanks,
tglx
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2020-12-11 9:24 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 44+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2020-12-06 21:46 [patch 0/8] ntp/rtc: Fixes and cleanups Thomas Gleixner
2020-12-06 21:46 ` [patch 1/8] rtc: mc146818: Prevent reading garbage Thomas Gleixner
2021-01-25 18:40 ` [patch 1/8] rtc: mc146818: Prevent reading garbage - bug Mickaël Salaün
2021-01-26 13:26 ` Thomas Gleixner
2021-01-26 14:17 ` Mickaël Salaün
2021-01-26 15:35 ` Thomas Gleixner
2021-01-26 17:02 ` [PATCH V2] rtc: mc146818: Detect and handle broken RTCs Thomas Gleixner
2021-01-26 18:00 ` Alexandre Belloni
2021-01-31 10:59 ` Dirk Gouders
2021-02-01 13:53 ` Serge Belyshev
2021-02-01 19:09 ` [PATCH] rtc: mc146818: Dont test for bit 0-5 in Register D Thomas Gleixner
2021-02-01 19:24 ` [PATCH V2] " Thomas Gleixner
2021-02-01 19:32 ` Linus Torvalds
2021-02-01 19:40 ` Thomas Gleixner
2021-02-11 23:09 ` Maciej W. Rozycki
2021-02-01 19:38 ` Alexandre Belloni
2021-02-01 20:09 ` Borislav Petkov
2021-02-01 20:15 ` Dirk Gouders
2021-02-02 4:22 ` Len Brown
2021-02-03 13:00 ` Mickaël Salaün
2020-12-06 21:46 ` [patch 2/8] rtc: mc146818: Reduce spinlock section in mc146818_set_time() Thomas Gleixner
2020-12-06 21:46 ` [patch 3/8] rtc: cmos: Make rtc_cmos sync offset correct Thomas Gleixner
2020-12-07 20:50 ` Jason Gunthorpe
2020-12-06 21:46 ` [patch 4/8] rtc: core: Make the sync offset default more realistic Thomas Gleixner
2020-12-07 20:55 ` Jason Gunthorpe
2020-12-10 23:59 ` Alexandre Belloni
2020-12-11 0:23 ` Thomas Gleixner
2020-12-11 0:28 ` Alexandre Belloni
2020-12-06 21:46 ` [patch 5/8] ntp: Make the RTC synchronization more reliable Thomas Gleixner
2020-12-07 12:47 ` Miroslav Lichvar
2020-12-07 20:59 ` Jason Gunthorpe
2020-12-29 19:41 ` Geert Uytterhoeven
2021-01-11 10:12 ` Thomas Gleixner
2021-01-11 10:40 ` Geert Uytterhoeven
2020-12-06 21:46 ` [patch 6/8] ntp, rtc: Move rtc_set_ntp_time() to ntp code Thomas Gleixner
2020-12-07 20:59 ` Jason Gunthorpe
2020-12-09 3:51 ` Alexandre Belloni
2020-12-06 21:46 ` [patch 7/8] ntp: Make the RTC sync offset less obscure Thomas Gleixner
2020-12-06 21:46 ` [patch 8/8] ntp: Consolidate the RTC update implementation Thomas Gleixner
2020-12-07 21:05 ` Jason Gunthorpe
2020-12-11 9:23 ` Thomas Gleixner [this message]
2020-12-09 0:33 ` [patch 0/8] ntp/rtc: Fixes and cleanups Thomas Gleixner
2020-12-09 4:01 ` Alexandre Belloni
2020-12-09 12:39 ` Thomas Gleixner
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