Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 2 Dec 2005 01:46:14 +0100 (CET) | From | Roman Zippel <> | Subject | Re: [patch 00/43] ktimer reworked |
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Hi,
On Thu, 1 Dec 2005, Kyle Moffett wrote:
> A timeout (like waiting for somebody to answer the phone) is optimized to > never happen (they will hopefully pick up first). If everything works > perfectly; it will be stopped before it has a chance to go off. > > A timer (like a kitchen timer telling you the cookies are done) is optimized > to be added and sit around until it expires. You just don't turn off the > timer and take the cookies out before they are done.
Making this the primary criteria for choosing a timer system would be a huge mistake. As I wrote in a previous mail there are other, more important criteria. So far I still thought this was about kernel programming and not about Aunt Tillies cooking show. Can we please bring this back to a technical level?
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