Re: [PATCH] i386: Selectable Frequency of the Timer Interrupt

[Chris Friesen]

Linus Torvalds wrote:

> There's absolutely nothing wrong with "jiffies", and anybody who thinks 
> that
>
> 	msleep(20);
>
> is fundamentally better than
>
> 	timeout = jiffies + HZ/50;
>
> just doesn't realize that the latter is a bit more complicated exactly 
> because the latter is a hell of a lot more POWERFUL.

But if all I really want is to sleep for 20ms, what does the additional 
power actually buy me?

Chris
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