Re: Sleeping on the job

Alan Cox (alan@cymru.net)
Fri, 17 May 1996 15:40:10 +0100 (BST)


> > there's no mechanism to sleep for less than a scheduler quantum;
> > that's 10 ms in normal x86 linux.
> Ya, I know that. But do I need to worry about delays that are over

Actually to be more exact:

"There is no wahy to sleep for less than a scheduler quantum except busy
waiting UNLESS you are waiting for an interrupt.. which is the normal case"