Re: System timer resolution

kwrohrer@ce.mediaone.net
Thu, 23 Jul 1998 11:29:54 -0500 (CDT)

And lo, Juan Pedro Lara Mendiola saith unto me:
>
> ¡Hello friends!
> I need to know how I can improve the system timer resolution. I think
> that I have to change a system variable named HZ. That variable
> establishes the timer interrupt frequency (defined 100 Hz). I need to
> use timers with resolution less than miliseconds. What do I have to
> do? Thank.

See http://hegel.ittc.ukans.edu/projects/utime/ for the UTIME patch,
which does exactly what you want, without having to increase HZ at all...

Keith

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