From owner-cvs-src@FreeBSD.ORG  Thu Jun 26 14:08:19 2003
Return-Path: <owner-cvs-src@FreeBSD.ORG>
Delivered-To: cvs-src@freebsd.org
Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125])
	by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP
	id 6722F37B401; Thu, 26 Jun 2003 14:08:19 -0700 (PDT)
Received: from smtp.des.no (37.80-203-228.nextgentel.com [80.203.228.37])
	by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP
	id 73BBE43FE1; Thu, 26 Jun 2003 14:08:18 -0700 (PDT)
	(envelope-from des@des.no)
Received: by smtp.des.no (Postfix, from userid 666)
	id 5020195958; Thu, 26 Jun 2003 23:08:17 +0200 (CEST)
Received: from dwp.des.no (dwp.des.no [10.0.0.4])
	by smtp.des.no (Postfix) with ESMTP
	id 97E689595D; Thu, 26 Jun 2003 23:08:16 +0200 (CEST)
Received: by dwp.des.no (Postfix, from userid 2602)
	id 73862B823; Thu, 26 Jun 2003 23:08:16 +0200 (CEST)
To: Warner Losh <imp@FreeBSD.org>
References: <200306252123.h5PLNpgC044447@repoman.freebsd.org>
From: des@des.no (Dag-Erling =?iso-8859-1?q?Sm=F8rgrav?=)
Date: Thu, 26 Jun 2003 23:08:16 +0200
In-Reply-To: <200306252123.h5PLNpgC044447@repoman.freebsd.org> (Warner
 Losh's message of "Wed, 25 Jun 2003 14:23:51 -0700 (PDT)")
Message-ID: <xzpfzlw7dj3.fsf@dwp.des.no>
User-Agent: Gnus/5.090024 (Oort Gnus v0.24) Emacs/21.2 (berkeley-unix)
MIME-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1
Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-3.0 required=8.0
	tests=EMAIL_ATTRIBUTION,IN_REP_TO,QUOTED_EMAIL_TEXT,REFERENCES,
	      REPLY_WITH_QUOTES,USER_AGENT_GNUS_UA
	version=2.55
X-Spam-Level: 
X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.55 (1.174.2.19-2003-05-19-exp)
cc: cvs-src@FreeBSD.org
cc: src-committers@FreeBSD.org
cc: cvs-all@FreeBSD.org
Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sys/kern kern_tc.c
X-BeenThere: cvs-src@freebsd.org
X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1
Precedence: list
List-Id: CVS commit messages for the src tree <cvs-src.freebsd.org>
List-Unsubscribe: <http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/cvs-src>,
	<mailto:cvs-src-request@freebsd.org?subject=unsubscribe>
List-Archive: <http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/cvs-src>
List-Post: <mailto:cvs-src@freebsd.org>
List-Help: <mailto:cvs-src-request@freebsd.org?subject=help>
List-Subscribe: <http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/cvs-src>,
	<mailto:cvs-src-request@freebsd.org?subject=subscribe>
X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 26 Jun 2003 21:08:20 -0000

Warner Losh <imp@FreeBSD.org> writes:
>   There will very likely be no leap seconds for a while, given how the
>   earth is speeding up and slowing down, so there will be plenty of time
>   for this fix to propigate.  UT1-UTC is currently at "about -0.4s" and
>   decrementing by .1s every 8 months or so.  6 * 8 is 48 months, or 4
>   years.

Not necessarily; UT1-UTC is required to be within +/- 0.9s, so a leap
second might be introduced early to avoid crossing the -0.9s barrier.

DES
--=20
Dag-Erling Sm=F8rgrav - des@des.no