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Date:      Mon, 28 Nov 2005 08:45:34 -0500
From:      John Baldwin <jhb@freebsd.org>
To:        Norikatsu Shigemura <nork@freebsd.org>
Cc:        cvs-src@freebsd.org, src-committers@freebsd.org, Robert Watson <rwatson@freebsd.org>, cvs-all@freebsd.org, bde@zeta.org.au
Subject:   Re: cvs commit: src/sys/sys time.h src/sys/kern kern_time.c
Message-ID:  <200511280845.37903.jhb@freebsd.org>
In-Reply-To: <20051127223509.8913eafe.nork@FreeBSD.org>
References:  <200511270055.jAR0tIkF032480@repoman.freebsd.org> <20051127131838.F81764@fledge.watson.org> <20051127223509.8913eafe.nork@FreeBSD.org>

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On Sunday 27 November 2005 08:35 am, Norikatsu Shigemura wrote:
> On Sun, 27 Nov 2005 13:23:00 +0000 (GMT)
>
> Robert Watson <rwatson@freebsd.org> wrote:
> > > time(3) should use the environment variable too, since the fast versi=
on
> > > gives a value that is both imprecise and wrong.  It inherits bugs from
> > > the kernel's time_second variable.  time_second is not the current ti=
me
> > > truncated, but is the (current time less up to about tc_tick/HZ)
> > > truncated.  It lags the current time by more than 1 second for up to
> > > about tc_tick/HZ seconds before every rollover of the correct truncat=
ed
> > > time.
> >
> > Yes -- this is a mistake in the current library wrapper.  All interfaces
> > modified to be "fast" or "precise" should be controlled by the
> > environmental variable so that testing is more consistent (i.e., other
> > than wrapping costs, the non-configured version should behave identical=
ly
> > to the non-wrapped version).
>
> 	I think that to use libmap.conf(5) is a best solution:-), if
> 	someone want to use low resolution version.  I didn't confirm
> 	following setting:
>
> # All binaries use low resolution version on /usr/local/bin/
> [/usr/local/bin/]
> libc.so.6	libwrapper.so.1
>
> 	Of cource, you can use mysql only, and no more controll by
> 	environment variable.

Erm, libwrapper only implements 2 of libc's functions, it's not a complete=
=20
replacement. :)

=2D-=20
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