Re: [patch 8/8] ntp: Consolidate the RTC update implementation

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On Mon, Dec 07 2020 at 17:05, Jason Gunthorpe wrote:
> On Sun, Dec 06, 2020 at 10:46:21PM +0100, Thomas Gleixner wrote:
>>  static void sync_hw_clock(struct work_struct *work)
>>  {
>> +	static unsigned long offset_nsec = NSEC_PER_SEC / 2;
>
> A comment here explaining this is the default: because the platform is
> assumed to use CMOS, and by the way, this whole thing is obsolete
> don't use it, seems appropriate..

Will add something like that.

> The time split is clearer if you think of it from a bus/datasheet
> perspective, less clear if you try to measure the system directly, eg
> from an alarm. But, I think this  has a better chance of some rtclib
> driver authors to fill in the datasheet value at least.

That's the hope. You know hope dies last...

Thanks,

        tglx




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