Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 14 Dec 2004 10:39:54 +0100 | From | Pavel Machek <> | Subject | Re: dynamic-hz |
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Hi!
> > do_single_shot_in(delay); > > The only other way would be to use the 64bit tsc as the only source for > the system time (perhaps that's what you mean with the above > pseudocode?). But the calibration code would need changes to allow > that.
Yes, that's what I meant.
> Even before thinking at using the one-shot timer, I would like to > fix the lost tick compensation of current production 2.6.9, only then we > can talk about tickless by using a one-shot timer. If we can't do the > lost-tick compensation without screwing the system time, I don't see how > we can do the one-shot timer without screwing the system time.
Okay, I'll take a look. Pavel -- People were complaining that M$ turns users into beta-testers... ...jr ghea gurz vagb qrirybcref, naq gurl frrz gb yvxr vg gung jnl! - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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