Messages in this thread |  | | | Date | Fri, 8 Aug 1997 12:10:21 -0500 (CDT) | | From | Shyamalan Pather <> | | Subject | Re: About the timer in linux-kernel |
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On Fri, 8 Aug 1997, Benoit ROBINET wrote:
> I would like to implement timers that allow to go to sleep for a shorter > time than a hundredth of second (which is the unit of jiffies). > I know I could use udelay() function, but I must say that I don't really > want to, because I think udelay() blocks the whole kernel when > working... > I am highly frustrated because I have a Pentium Pro 200, and I don't > really see how to be more accurate than hundredth of seconds... > Could anyone help me ? > Thanks, and regards > > Benoit ROBINET
Hello, Take a look at the UTIME microsecond resolution timers patch we have developed at our organization:
http://hegel.ittc.ukans.edu/projects/utime
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