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From: Mark Hahn <hahn@physics.mcmaster.ca>
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>         In fact I want a timer (either in user level or kernel level).
> This timer (hope it is a periodic timer) must expire at the interval that
> I specify. For example, if I

this sounds *perfect* for /dev/rtc, assuming you can deal with 
its fixed set of periodic rates.

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