On Tue, 13 Sep 2005, Mark Hounschell wrote:
> Most if not all userland delay calls rely on HZ value in some way or
> another. The minimum reliable delay you can get is one (kernel)HZ. A
> program that needs an acurrate delay for a time shorter that one
> (kernel)HZ may have an alternative if it knows that HZ is greater the
> the requested delay.
Just assume that kernel HZ are USER_HZ and see anything else as an
additional bonus that you cannot rely on.
What does 'acurrate delay' mean, anyways?
Tim
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