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Subject: Re: No 100 HZ timer !
To: mikulas@artax.karlin.mff.cuni.cz
Date: Tue, 10 Apr 2001 16:43:47 +0100 (BST)
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> Timers more precise than 100HZ aren't probably needed - as MIN_RTO is 0.2s
> and MIN_DELACK is 0.04s, TCP would hardly benefit from them.

There are a considerable number of people who really do need 1Khz resolution.
Midi is one of the example cases. That doesn't mean we have to go to a 1KHz
timer, we may want to combine a 100Hz timer with a smart switch to 1Khz

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