Re: [PATCH] i386: Selectable Frequency of the Timer Interrupt

Linus Torvalds wrote:

There's absolutely nothing wrong with "jiffies", and anybody who thinksthat
	msleep(20);

is fundamentally better than

	timeout = jiffies + HZ/50;
just doesn't realize that the latter is a bit more complicated exactlybecause the latter is a hell of a lot more POWERFUL.

But if all I really want is to sleep for 20ms, what does the additionalpower actually buy me?


Chris
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