From owner-freebsd-current Wed Apr 29 00:57:22 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id AAA18937 for freebsd-current-outgoing; Wed, 29 Apr 1998 00:57:22 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from alpo.whistle.com (alpo.whistle.com [207.76.204.38]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id AAA18932 for ; Wed, 29 Apr 1998 00:57:20 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from julian@whistle.com) Received: (from daemon@localhost) by alpo.whistle.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) id AAA08966; Wed, 29 Apr 1998 00:52:48 -0700 (PDT) Received: from current1.whistle.com(207.76.205.22) via SMTP by alpo.whistle.com, id smtpd008963; Wed Apr 29 07:52:43 1998 Date: Wed, 29 Apr 1998 00:47:14 -0700 (PDT) From: Julian Elischer To: Terry Lambert cc: root , current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: mono_time? In-Reply-To: <199804290236.TAA08885@usr01.primenet.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG but it's been replaced bu soething else.. when all the clocks changed recently On Wed, 29 Apr 1998, Terry Lambert wrote: > > Can anyone tell me what is going on with mono_time? There are a couple of > > files in the kernel source that use it, as does CAM, and there is even a > > man page that references it, but it doesn't seem to actually be defined > > anywhere! > > > > Now, I am guessing that this was in vogue a while back, and is now a passing > > fad, as the CAM stuff built in the past, but doesn't (at least for me) any > > more. So, what should replace it? > > The system clock can be drift adjusted by syncing with an external > timebase. > > If the drift adjustment is for a fast clock, this will cause time > to go back into the past. > > If time goes back into the past, some events that should not recurr > will end up being "replayed" as time moves into the future again. > > To combat this, you need a clock which is not subject to drift > adjustment. > > Such a clock would be a "monotonically increasing value". > > Or a "mono_time", for short. > > > Terry Lambert > terry@lambert.org > --- > Any opinions in this posting are my own and not those of my present > or previous employers. > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message