Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sat, 26 Jun 2004 17:05:41 -0700 | From | Chris Wedgwood <> | Subject | Re: [parisc-linux] Re: [PATCH] Fix the cpumask rewrite |
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On Sat, Jun 26, 2004 at 11:54:38PM +0100, Alan Cox wrote:
> For most uses jiffies should die. If drivers could not access jiffies > except by a (possibly trivial) helper then it would be a huge step > closer to being able to run embedded linux without a continually running > timer.
I'm all for that, except last I counted there are about 5000 users of jiffies. What do you suggest as a replacement API?
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