Subject: Re: CVS commit: src/sys/kern
To: Izumi Tsutsui <tsutsui@ceres.dti.ne.jp>
From: Perry E. Metzger <perry@piermont.com>
List: source-changes
Date: 08/05/2006 23:36:55
Izumi Tsutsui <tsutsui@ceres.dti.ne.jp> writes:
> perry@piermont.com wrote:
>
>> > Clock frequencies tend to be big numbers -- use humanize_number() when
>> > displaying them through printf.
>> 
>> I'm not sure that's a good idea. It is useful to know the exact value
>> of the clock.
>
> BTW, is such "the exact value of the clock" really precise?

Yes. It tells you how many Hz the clock source is supposed to be. The
clock itself will certainly have some inaccuracy, but it tells you
exactly what the spec is.

Perry