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Date: Wed, 25 May 2005 12:07:33 -0600
From: Chris Friesen <cfriesen@nortel.com>
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Subject: Re: 2.6.11 timeval_to_jiffies() wrong for ms resolution timers
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George Anzinger wrote:
> Chris Friesen wrote:

>> What about telling it to wake up a jiffy earlier, then checking 
>> whether the scheduling lag was enough to cause it to have waited the 
>> full specified time.  If not, put it to sleep for another jiffy.

> The user is, of course, free to do what ever they would like.  

I actually meant doing this in the kernel.

 > For a
> more complete solution you might be interested in HRT (High Res 
> Timers).  See my signature below.

Yep.  One more patch to apply and worry about versions and maintenance. 
  Not enough of a demand for us to be able to use it, at least at this 
point.

Chris

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