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Diffstat (limited to 'bandwidth-file-spec.txt')
| -rw-r--r-- | bandwidth-file-spec.txt | 15 |
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/bandwidth-file-spec.txt b/bandwidth-file-spec.txt index db8c881..def9e68 100644 --- a/bandwidth-file-spec.txt +++ b/bandwidth-file-spec.txt @@ -118,14 +118,15 @@ It consists of: [At start, exactly once.] - The Unix Epoch time in seconds of the most recent generator result. + The Unix Epoch time in seconds of the most recent generator bandwidth + result. - If there are multiple generators which can fail independently, - implementations SHOULD take the most recent timestamp from each - generator and use the oldest value. This ensures all the generators - continue running. + If the generator implementation has multiple threads or + subprocesses which can fail independently, it SHOULD take the most + recent timestamp from each thread and use the oldest value. This + ensures all the threads continue running. - If there are scanners that do not run continuously, they SHOULD be + If there are generators that do not run continuously, they SHOULD be excluded from the timestamp calculation. If a generator does not have information about the most recent result, @@ -199,7 +200,7 @@ It consists of: [Zero or one time.] The date and time timestamp in ISO 8601 format and UTC time zone - of the most recent generator result. + of the most recent generator bandwidth result. This time MUST be identical to the initial Timestamp line. |