Re: Linux-Kernel Archive: No 100 HZ timer !

From: Alan Cox (alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk)
Date: Thu Apr 12 2001 - 18:12:31 EST


> 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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