Re: dynamic-hz

From: Pavel Machek
Date: Mon Dec 13 2004 - 11:22:09 EST


HI!

> > I'm not sure what the above "scedule_timeout(HZ/10)" is supposed to
> > do, but the parameter it gets in 1000hz is "100" so I assume this
> > is because we want to wait for 100ms, and in 1000hz that equals
> > 100 cycles. Correct?
>
> `schedule_timeout(HZ/x)' lets it wait for 1/x'th second.

...small problem is that for HZ lower than x it does not wait at all
:-(.
Pavel
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