Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: No 100 HZ timer ! | Date | Tue, 10 Apr 2001 16:43:47 +0100 (BST) | From | Alan Cox <> |
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> Timers more precise than 100HZ aren't probably needed - as MIN_RTO is 0.2s > and MIN_DELACK is 0.04s, TCP would hardly benefit from them.
There are a considerable number of people who really do need 1Khz resolution. Midi is one of the example cases. That doesn't mean we have to go to a 1KHz timer, we may want to combine a 100Hz timer with a smart switch to 1Khz
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