linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 7/8] rtc: implement a sysfs interface for clock offset

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Date:	Tue, 2 Feb 2016 11:41:11 +0100
From:	Alexandre Belloni <alexandre.belloni@...e-electrons.com>
To:	Joshua Clayton <stillcompiling@...il.com>
Cc:	Alessandro Zummo <a.zummo@...ertech.it>,
	rtc-linux@...glegroups.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 7/8] rtc: implement a sysfs interface for clock offset

On 01/02/2016 at 12:56:48 -0800, Joshua Clayton wrote :
> > I'm fine with having parts per billion as the unit and I hope we won't
> > ever need anything more precise :)
> > 
> It is orders of magnitude more than needed at present

Yeah, until we get an RTC with an offset precision that has 4 decimals in ppm.

> ...and no will ever need more than 640k of memory... right?

Right :)

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Alexandre Belloni, Free Electrons
Embedded Linux, Kernel and Android engineering
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