kernel/time/ntp.c contains the following piece of code: #define CLOCK_TICK_OVERFLOW (LATCH * HZ - CLOCK_TICK_RATE) #define CLOCK_TICK_ADJUST (((s64)CLOCK_TICK_OVERFLOW * NSEC_PER_SEC) / \ (s64)CLOCK_TICK_RATE)
static void ntp_update_frequency(void) { u64 second_length = (u64)(tick_usec * NSEC_PER_USEC * USER_HZ) << TICK_LENGTH_SHIFT; second_length += (s64)CLOCK_TICK_ADJUST << TICK_LENGTH_SHIFT; second_length += (s64)time_freq << (TICK_LENGTH_SHIFT - SHIFT_NSEC); tick_length_base = second_length; do_div(second_length, HZ); tick_nsec = second_length >> TICK_LENGTH_SHIFT; do_div(tick_length_base, NTP_INTERVAL_FREQ); } So it uses CLOCK_TICK_RATE which on many systems but not all is defined to the i8253 input clock. But timekeeping on anything remotely modern makes little use of the i8253 so I wonder the intent was here. Ralf - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/