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diff --git a/open_issues/pfinet_vs_system_time_changes.mdwn b/open_issues/pfinet_vs_system_time_changes.mdwn index 46705047..09b00d30 100644 --- a/open_issues/pfinet_vs_system_time_changes.mdwn +++ b/open_issues/pfinet_vs_system_time_changes.mdwn @@ -11,14 +11,16 @@ License|/fdl]]."]]"""]] [[!tag open_issue_hurd]] -IRC, unknown channel, unknown date. + +# IRC, unknown channel, unknown date <grey_gandalf> I did a sudo date... <grey_gandalf> and the machine hangs -This was very likely a misdiagnosis: +This was very likely a misdiagnosis. + -IRC, freenode, #hurd, 2011-03-25: +# IRC, freenode, #hurd, 2011-03-25 <tschwinge> antrik: I suspect it'S some timing stuff in pfinet that perhaps uses absolute time, and somehow wildely gets confused? @@ -42,7 +44,8 @@ IRC, freenode, #hurd, 2011-03-25: wrap-around, and thus the same result.) <tschwinge> Yes. -IRC, freenode, #hurd, 2011-10-26: + +# IRC, freenode, #hurd, 2011-10-26 <antrik> anyways, when ntpdate adjusts to the past, the connections hang, roughly for the amount of time being adjusted @@ -50,7 +53,8 @@ IRC, freenode, #hurd, 2011-10-26: <antrik> (well, if it's long enough, they probably timeout on the other side...) -IRC, freenode, #hurd, 2011-10-27: + +# IRC, freenode, #hurd, 2011-10-27 <antrik> oh, another interesting thing I observed is that the the subhurd pfinet did *not* drop the connection... only the main Hurd one. I thought @@ -60,7 +64,8 @@ IRC, freenode, #hurd, 2011-10-27: where I set the date is affected, and not the pfinet in the other instance -IRC, freenode, #hurd, 2012-06-28: + +# IRC, freenode, #hurd, 2012-06-28 <bddebian> great, now setting the date/time fucked my machine <pinotree> yes, we lack a monotonic clock @@ -80,3 +85,17 @@ IRC, freenode, #hurd, 2012-06-28: it fucked me because I now cannot get to it.. :) <antrik> bddebian: that's odd... you should be able to just log in again IIRC + + +# IRC, freenode, #hurd, 2012-07-29 + + <antrik> pfinet can't cope with larger system time changes because it can't + use a monotonic clock + +[[clock_gettime]]. + + <braunr> well when librt becomes easily usable everywhere (it it's + possible), it will be quite easy to work around this issue + <pinotree> yes and no, you just need a monotonic clock and clock_gettime + able to use it + <braunr> why "no" ? |