Messages in this thread |  | | | From | (Alan Cox) | | Subject | Re: uniform input device packets? | | Date | Fri, 26 Jun 1998 01:51:57 +0100 (BST) |
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> Not defined yet. I would go for 1 msec probably. Any pros/cons?
Use struct timeval - thats the normal interface between user and kernel for time objects.
> Yes, this has already been discussed here. I still am not convinced which > way is better.
Compared to syscall overhead fighting over 8, 16 or 32 byte messages is an irrelevance. It'll cost you longer to do an ISA bus I/O cycle than move extra 8 bytes.
Alan
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