>   That seems silly.  /dev/rtc is useless unless you can get > 64hz from
> it, but it's also (annoyingly!) exclusive, one user only.  Seems like
> alot of bother for me to honour premissions on the device when I'm just
> going to be cruel and get higher resolution from it, and furthermore
> require user to set up groups if they don't want people stealing it
> away.

Well you can set the maximum user timing via /proc too btw.

Also I agree 64Hz is a dumb limit - its from the days of pedal powered
386 computers. I guess I should fix that for 2.5


>   Ok, thanks for the advice.  I'm not sure what error message to report
> if that fails.  Will it return -1 under any consistent operating
> conditions?

In the presence of something like NSA secure linux yes, ditto RSBAC and
any random future security systems. Always test



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