On Thu, Jul 23, 2015 at 10:38 AM, <deco33000 at yandex.com> wrote:
> Is the maximum value for th_generation equal to 10 ?
> http://fxr.watson.org/fxr/source/kern/kern_tc.c?v=FREEBSD10#L77
>
I don't think those relate to generations. Generations change on every
clock tick; the multiple timehands structs relate to forcibly setting the
time, as opposed to the clock moving forward normally. It does appear serve
a similar purpose, since forcibly setting the time is even more
"violent"
(to anything currently reading the clock) than advancing the clock on a
clock tick, since that's when other adjustments including possibly
switching the clock source will be applied.
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