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SubjectRe: Linux-Kernel Archive: No 100 HZ timer !
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> Okay but what will be used for a base for hardware that has critical
> timing issues due to the rules of the hardware?

> #define WAIT_MIN_SLEEP (2*HZ/100) /* 20msec - minimum sleep time */
>
> Give me something for HZ or a rule for getting a known base so I can have
> your storage work and not corrupt.


The same values would be valid with add_timer and friends regardless. Its just
that people who do

while(time_before(jiffies, started+DELAY))
{
if(poll_foo())
break;
}

would need to either use add_timer or we could implement get_jiffies()



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