ks8695_gettimeoffset

[Russell King - ARM Linux]

On Mon, Dec 20, 2010 at 01:09:47PM -0600, Dick Hollenbeck wrote:
> >From userspace, printing the return values from a rapid looping
> sequence of calls to
> 
>    clock_gettime( CLOCK_MONOTONIC, &now );
> 
> leads me to believe that kernel function ks8695_gettimeoffset() is
> not worth anything.

That'll be because clock_gettime(CLOCK_MONOTONIC) doesn't use the old
gettimeoffset() method to correct the returned time - none of the POSIX
timers use the old gettimeoffset() stuff, only gettimeofday() does.

Platforms really should be using the clocksource/clockevents code
where ever possible, rather than selecting ARCH_USES_GETTIMEOFFSET.

Does someone with a KS8695-based platform want to have a go at
converting it over to clocksource/clockevents?