Messages in this thread | | | From | "Ulrich Windl" <> | Date | Mon, 1 Mar 1999 09:57:12 +0100 | Subject | announce (2.2.1, i386, experimental): nanokernel (PPSkit-0.6) snapshot #4 |
| |
Hello,
I used the time to fix a few remaining bugs in the nanokernel. Maybe the only remaining things are "features".
Specifically, I added binary compatibility to adjtime() [read my other message about adjtime() in general], and I fixed some scaling problems where old applications still expect microseconds. Most notably, maybe, time doesn't run backwards occasionally any longer ;-)
Old applications will still compile, unless they are very Linux specific, because the "#define NANO" magic is implemented now [I don't like it, but that's the obvious standard]. Thus kernel parts #including <linux/timex.h> need to #define NANO before. Ugly, but true.
I made tests with ntpd 4.0.91f and xntpd3-5.93, and results were equally good/bad. It's your turn now! [The next snapshot will most likely have clock_getres() from POSIX.4, because the current resolution of 1ns on my Pentium-100 is simply a lie...]
Regards, Ulrich Windl
- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.rutgers.edu Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
| |