Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Sun, 31 Dec 2000 11:43:09 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Sun, 31 Dec 2000 11:42:59 -0500 Received: from router-100M.swansea.linux.org.uk ([194.168.151.17]:62476 "EHLO the-village.bc.nu") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Sun, 31 Dec 2000 11:42:44 -0500 Subject: Re: Linux 2.2.18: /proc/apm slows system time (was: Linux 2.2.19pre3) To: J.A.K.Mouw@ITS.TUDelft.NL (Erik Mouw) Date: Sun, 31 Dec 2000 16:13:22 +0000 (GMT) Cc: alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk (Alan Cox), matthias.andree@stud.uni-dortmund.de (Matthias Andree), linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org (Linux kernel mailing list) In-Reply-To: <20001231165058.H940@arthur.ubicom.tudelft.nl> from "Erik Mouw" at Dec 31, 2000 04:50:58 PM X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.5 PL1] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: From: Alan Cox Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org > But that doesn't solve the problem with corrupted sound, serial drop > outs, etc. To solve those issues (well, to decrease their impact), > could we cache the results from a previous call and only call the APM > BIOS once a minute or so? Userspace issue. Alan - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/