Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 29 Feb 2000 02:08:31 -0500 | From | Olivier Galibert <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] Posix timers for 2.3.48 |
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On Tue, Feb 29, 2000 at 07:16:40AM +0100, Robert de Vries wrote: > No, setitimer is an existing system call. Removing it would break backward > compatibility. So: yes, it is possible, and: no, it isn't done.
The system call is only the tip of the iceberg. What I mean is that internally setitimer should be implemented using the same code than the posix timers, if setitimer is really a subset of said posix timers. No need to duplicate code.
OG.
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