Re: CVS commit: src/sys/kern

[Frank Kardel <kardel%netbsd.org@localhost>]

Joerg Sonnenberger wrote:
> On Tue, May 04, 2010 at 07:23:56PM +0000, Frank Kardel wrote:
>   
> > Module Name:    src
> > Committed By:   kardel
> > Date:           Tue May  4 19:23:56 UTC 2010
> >
> > Modified Files:
> >         src/sys/kern: kern_uuid.c
> >
> > Log Message:
> > switch to nanotime() for 100ns resolution
> >     
>
> Why not bintime()?
>
> Joerg
>   
Because the UUID spec calls for a 60-bit counter of 100nsec intervals 
since 00:00:00.00, October 15,1582 for UUID version 1.
Thus the use of nanotime(). Anything else would mean that we use a 
different UUID version which is not time based.

Frank