Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Sun, 22 Apr 2001 10:52:57 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Sun, 22 Apr 2001 10:52:47 -0400 Received: from ppp0a108.std.com ([208.192.100.108]:31748 "EHLO std.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Sun, 22 Apr 2001 10:52:29 -0400 To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org From: Francis Litterio Subject: Does the scheduler run every time jiffies is incremented? Date: 22 Apr 2001 10:52:15 -0400 Message-ID: Lines: 10 User-Agent: Gnus/5.0807 (Gnus v5.8.7) Emacs/20.6 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org I'm reading Rubini's "Linux Device Drivers" and it isn't clear to me whether the scheduler runs every time the timer interrupt increments jiffies or less frequently. Does the scheduler run every time jiffies is incremented? -- Francis Litterio franl@world.std.com http://world.std.com/~franl/ PGP public keys available on keyservers. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/