Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1750773AbVJSLkZ (ORCPT ); Wed, 19 Oct 2005 07:40:25 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1750777AbVJSLkZ (ORCPT ); Wed, 19 Oct 2005 07:40:25 -0400 Received: from mx3.mail.elte.hu ([157.181.1.138]:28622 "EHLO mx3.mail.elte.hu") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750773AbVJSLkY (ORCPT ); Wed, 19 Oct 2005 07:40:24 -0400 Date: Wed, 19 Oct 2005 13:40:33 +0200 From: Ingo Molnar To: Roman Zippel Cc: Tim Bird , Andrew Morton , tglx@linutronix.de, george@mvista.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, johnstul@us.ibm.com, paulmck@us.ibm.com, hch@infradead.org, oleg@tv-sign.ru Subject: Re: [PATCH] ktimers subsystem 2.6.14-rc2-kt5 Message-ID: <20051019114033.GA1580@elte.hu> References: <4353F936.3090406@am.sony.com> <20051017201330.GB8590@elte.hu> <20051018084655.GA28933@elte.hu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i X-ELTE-SpamScore: 0.0 X-ELTE-SpamLevel: X-ELTE-SpamCheck: no X-ELTE-SpamVersion: ELTE 2.0 X-ELTE-SpamCheck-Details: score=0.0 required=5.9 tests=AWL autolearn=disabled SpamAssassin version=3.0.3 0.0 AWL AWL: From: address is in the auto white-list X-ELTE-VirusStatus: clean Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 841 Lines: 21 * Roman Zippel wrote: > > so i can only repeat that ktimers is a generic timer subsystem, with a > > focus on _actually delivering a timer event_. > > It doesn't answer it at all. The new timer system is definitively not > "usable for any kernel purpose", it has certain properties, which > makes it only applicable under certain conditions. what "certain properties" and under what "certain conditions"? Please provide specifics to prove your point. I repeat for the third time: ktimers is a generic timer subsystem, with a focus on timer event delivery. Ingo - 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/