Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 3 Mar 2011 12:53:19 +0000 | From | Mark Brown <> | Subject | Re: [RFC] [PATCH 5/10] Generic Watchdog Timer Driver |
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On Thu, Mar 03, 2011 at 11:38:14AM +0100, Wim Van Sebroeck wrote:
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> 2) Is there a real need for having 500ms or 1500ms? why would 1 or 2 > seconds not be OK? (which are allready small timeouts for userspace > anyway...)
Yes, in embedded cases. There it's much easier to have good control over userspace such that you can meet the scheduling requirements.
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