Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 12 Apr 2001 21:04:28 -0700 (PDT) | From | Andre Hedrick <> | Subject | Re: Linux-Kernel Archive: No 100 HZ timer ! |
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On Thu, 12 Apr 2001, george anzinger wrote:
> Actually we could do the same thing they did for errno, i.e. > > #define jiffies get_jiffies() > extern unsigned get_jiffies(void);
> No, not really. HZ still defines the units of jiffies and most all the > timing is still related to it. Its just that interrupts are only "set > up" when a "real" time event is due.
Great HZ always defines units of jiffies, but that is worthless if there is not a ruleset that tells me a value to divide by to return it to a specific quantity of time.
Cheers,
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