Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: Linux-Kernel Archive: No 100 HZ timer ! | Date | Fri, 13 Apr 2001 00:12:31 +0100 (BST) | From | Alan Cox <> |
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> Okay but what will be used for a base for hardware that has critical > timing issues due to the rules of the hardware?
> #define WAIT_MIN_SLEEP (2*HZ/100) /* 20msec - minimum sleep time */ > > Give me something for HZ or a rule for getting a known base so I can have > your storage work and not corrupt.
The same values would be valid with add_timer and friends regardless. Its just that people who do
while(time_before(jiffies, started+DELAY)) { if(poll_foo()) break; }
would need to either use add_timer or we could implement get_jiffies()
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