Re: [patch 00/43] ktimer reworked

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On Dec 07, 2005, at 07:34, Roman Zippel wrote:
Hi,

On Wed, 7 Dec 2005, James Bruce wrote:
And that's the whole *point* about how we got here. Let the low resolution, low lifetime timeouts stay on the timer wheel, and make a new approach that specializes in handling longer lifetime, higher resolution timers. That's ktimers in a nutshell. You seem to be arguing for it rather than against it.

I do, just without the focus on the lifetime, which is really unimportant for most kernel developers.

It _is_ important. Not because kernel developers do care about it, but because it's important for reasons of its own and therefore they should. Networking timeouts and highres audio timers are two _VERY_ different applications of "do this thing then", and kernel developers should be made aware of them. If you disagree, please explain in detail exactly why you think the lifetime is unimportant. I have yet to see an email regarding this, and I've searched the archives pretty carefully, in addition to watching this thread.

Cheers,
Kyle Moffett

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