Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 7 Dec 2005 14:06:36 +0100 (CET) | From | Roman Zippel <> | Subject | Re: [patch 00/21] hrtimer - High-resolution timer subsystem |
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Hi,
On Wed, 7 Dec 2005, Ingo Molnar wrote:
> maybe 'struct timer' and 'struct hrtimer' is the right solution after > all, and our latest queue doing 'struct timer_list' + 'struct hrtimer' > is actually quite close to it. > > 'struct ptimer' does have a bit of vagueness in it at first sight, do > you agree with that? (does it mean 'process'? 'posix'? 'precision'?) > > also, hrtimers on low-res clocks do have high internal resolution, but > they are not precise timing mechanisms in the end, due to the low-res > clock. So the more generic name would be 'high-resolution timers', not > 'precision timers'. (also, the name 'precision timers' sounds a bit > funny too, but i dont really know why.)
My ptimer suggestion was based on your "funny" name "high-precision timer". Sorry Ingo, that joke is on you. :-) Anyway, anything else than ktimer is fine with me.
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