[LinuxPPS] kernel 2.6.34, CONFIG_NO_HZ and Vita-patch

Vitezslav Samel vitezslav at samel.cz
Fri Jun 4 13:45:22 CEST 2010


On Fri, Jun 04, 2010 at 12:08:38PM +0200, Remco dB wrote:
> All,
> 
> I got lost in the thread concerning pps_kcbind and the patches (over 
> patches?).
> 
> Currently I observe the best performance I've had on my (thermostatised) 
> linuxpps system concerning accurancy and temperature dependancy. 
> 
> With 2.6.34, CONFIG_NO_HZ and the Vita-patch (I'm not sure whether this patch
> makes a significant difference and/or contribution, because my understanding
> is that this patch was applicable to the kernel consumer pps_kcbind-verhicle, 
> which I was not able to compile) my system is within approx. +/- 2 us 'on 
> track': http    remco.org/ntp/helium-ntp-offset.png

  My patch should fix that compile problem, but doesn't hurt when
applied to the clean 2.6.34.

	Vita



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