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    SubjectRe: [PATCH] staging: ozwpan: High resolution timers
    On Tue, Jul 30, 2013 at 01:31:50PM +0100, Rupesh Gujare wrote:
    > Current implementation assumes HZ = 1000 for calculating
    > all internal timer intervals, which creates problem on
    > platforms where HZ != 1000.
    >
    > As well we need resolution of less than 10 mSec for heartbeat
    > calculation, this creates problem on some platforms where HZ is
    > configured as HZ = 100, or around, which restricts us to timer interval
    > of 10 mSec. This is particularly found on embedded devices.
    >
    > This patch moves on to use high resolution timers to calculate
    > all timer intervals as it allows us to have very small resolution
    > of timer interval, removing dependency on HZ.
    >

    I am new to this driver. So we batch all the transfers together and
    send/recieve them in oz_hcd_heartbeat() every 10msec? It's a
    polling interface?

    Sorry, if I am completely mis-reading what this driver is doing.

    In other words, could you explain what oz_hcd_heartbeat() does.

    regards,
    dan carpenter



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