Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 28 Jul 1999 14:58:21 +0200 (CEST) | From | Eric Lammerts <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] HZ==100 assumptions |
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On Wed, 28 Jul 1999, Pauline Middelink wrote:
> Oh, ok. Than perhaps we need to investigate what the original > author wanted, just a short delay (HZ/100 is good enough) or > indeed 1 jiffie or HZ/18. My feeling is that 10ms is good > enough...
On Linux, a jiffie means 1/HZ seconds. It's confusing if you call BIOS/MSDOS clock ticks jiffies.
All this talk about BIOS/MSDOS clock ticks is irrelevant anyway because it has nothing to do with Linux.
Eric
-- Eric Lammerts <eric@scintilla.utwente.nl> http://www.scintilla.utwente.nl/~eric/
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