Re: [LEAPSECS] NOT A cruel fraud!

From: M. Warner Losh <imp_at_BSDIMP.COM>
Date: Sun, 22 Jan 2006 21:36:05 -0700 (MST)

In message: <Pine.GSO.4.58.0601221844230.21070_at_cass18>
            Peter Bunclark <psb_at_ast.cam.ac.uk> writes:
: On Sun, 22 Jan 2006, M. Warner Losh wrote:
: > The short answer is that you cannot get a time feed of TAI, so the
: >
: So isn't this one of the things we want to fix in the brave new world of
: joined-up timekeeping? Distribute (very close to) TAI, keep the kernel
: PLLs sweet, move leap second handling to user-space and thus make
: debugging very easy, then everone can get their timescale of choice as
: a f(TAI)?

Yes. That's a fair summary.

Warner
Received on Sun Jan 22 2006 - 20:37:41 PST

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