Re: [Bulk] Re: NTP time sync

2006-11-26 Thread David Brownell
On Sunday 26 November 2006 2:53 pm, Alessandro Zummo wrote: > On Sun, 26 Nov 2006 22:37:10 +0100 > "Joakim Tjernlund" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > the concept of static numbers is quite old... > > > > Yes it is old, but is the old way unsupported now? I have an embedded target > > which is

Re: NTP time sync

2006-11-26 Thread Alessandro Zummo
On Sun, 26 Nov 2006 22:37:10 +0100 "Joakim Tjernlund" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > the concept of static numbers is quite old... > > Yes it is old, but is the old way unsupported now? I have an embedded target > which is using the old static /dev directory, do I need to make > it udev aware to

Re: NTP time sync

2006-11-26 Thread Michael Raskin
Joakim Tjernlund wrote: Is that the way it is supposed to be? How do I create a static /dev/rtcN in my /dev directory if the major number isn't fixed? Maybe I am just missing something, feel free to correct me :) udev ;) the concept of static numbers is quite old... Yes it is old, but is

RE: NTP time sync

2006-11-26 Thread Joakim Tjernlund
> -Original Message- > From: Alessandro Zummo [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: den 26 november 2006 20:22 > To: Joakim Tjernlund > > On Sun, 26 Nov 2006 12:04:54 +0100 > "Joakim Tjernlund" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Looking at rtc-dev.c I don't see a MARJOR number assigned > to /

Re: NTP time sync

2006-11-26 Thread Alessandro Zummo
On Sun, 26 Nov 2006 12:04:54 +0100 "Joakim Tjernlund" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Looking at rtc-dev.c I don't see a MARJOR number assigned to /dev/rtcN. Seems > like > it is dynamically allocated to whatever major number that is free. > Is that the way it is supposed to be? How do I create a st

RE: NTP time sync

2006-11-26 Thread Joakim Tjernlund
CTED]; Linux Kernel Mailing List; > [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Andi Kleen; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; > [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: NTP time sync > > On Thursday 23 November 2006 3:00 am, Benjamin Herrenschmidt wrote: > > > > Couldn't we h

Re: NTP time sync

2006-11-25 Thread David Brownell
On Thursday 23 November 2006 3:00 am, Benjamin Herrenschmidt wrote: > > Couldn't we have a transition period by making the kernel not rely on > interrupts ? if the NTP irq code just triggers a work queue, then all of > a sudden, all of the RTC drivers can be used and the latency is small. > That m