10 Jan
2009
10 Jan
'09
9:04 a.m.
Steve Schafer ha scritto:
On Fri, 09 Jan 2009 09:28:49 -0600, you wrote:
I'm not sure that the original question implied *that* level of need.
I can't imagine being worried about leap seconds yet at the same time being willing to accept the potential vagaries of any of the built-in clocks.
POSIX realtime extensions have been developed to be high reliable. I don't know if the implementations on general purpose operating systems like Linux are reliable, but in case of problems one can try to switch to a real time operating system. This resources may be useful: http://juliusdavies.ca/posix_clocks/clock_realtime_linux_faq.html Timing is, however, a complex issue.
Steve Schafer Fenestra Technologies Corp. http://www.fenestra.com
Manlio Perillo