Linus Torvalds wrote:
But it's not going to solve the "hey, I have 512 CPU's, they are all on
different boards, and no, they are _not_ synchronized to one global
clock!".
That's why I'd suggest making _purely_ local time, and then aiming for
something NTP-like. But maybe there are better solutions out there.
At the same time, it would definitely be nice to encourage vendors of
large SMP systems to provide a common root crystal (frequency standard)
for a single SMP domain. Preferrably a really good one, TCXO or better.
-hpa
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