From owner-cvs-src@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jun 26 15:36:36 2003 Return-Path: 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 A82CE37B401; Thu, 26 Jun 2003 15:36:36 -0700 (PDT) Received: from freebie.xs4all.nl (freebie.xs4all.nl [213.84.32.253]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4095743FFB; Thu, 26 Jun 2003 15:36:35 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from wkb@freebie.xs4all.nl) Received: from freebie.xs4all.nl (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by freebie.xs4all.nl (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id h5QMaXig001817; Fri, 27 Jun 2003 00:36:33 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from wkb@freebie.xs4all.nl) Received: (from wkb@localhost) by freebie.xs4all.nl (8.12.9/8.12.9/Submit) id h5QMaXC3001816; Fri, 27 Jun 2003 00:36:33 +0200 (CEST) Date: Fri, 27 Jun 2003 00:36:33 +0200 From: Wilko Bulte To: Poul-Henning Kamp Message-ID: <20030626223633.GA1793@freebie.xs4all.nl> References: <1558.1056661960@critter.freebsd.dk> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1558.1056661960@critter.freebsd.dk> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4i X-OS: FreeBSD 4.8-STABLE X-PGP: finger wilko@freebsd.org cc: Dag-Erling =?iso-8859-1?Q?Sm=F8rgrav?= cc: src-committers@FreeBSD.ORG cc: Warner Losh cc: cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG cc: cvs-src@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 List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 26 Jun 2003 22:36:37 -0000 On Thu, Jun 26, 2003 at 11:12:40PM +0200, Poul-Henning Kamp wrote: > In message , Dag-Erling =?iso-8859-1?q?Sm=F8rgrav?= > writes: > >Warner Losh 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. > > They've promised not to do that. /me reboots /dev/universe to resync the clock ;) -- | / o / /_ _ wilko@FreeBSD.org |/|/ / / /( (_) Bulte