Date: Tue, 23 Sep 1997 02:20:53 +0000 (GMT) From: Terry Lambert <tlambert@primenet.com> To: gibbs@plutotech.com (Justin T. Gibbs) Cc: nate@mt.sri.com, gibbs@plutotech.com, bde@zeta.org.au, current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sys/conf files src/sys/dev/vx if_vx.c if_vxreg.h src/sys/i386/apm apm.c src/sys/i386/conf GENERIC files.i386 Message-ID: <199709230220.TAA00363@usr01.primenet.com> In-Reply-To: <199709222129.PAA02701@pluto.plutotech.com> from "Justin T. Gibbs" at Sep 22, 97 03:29:05 pm
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> If we implement high resolution timers, we will probably pay the O(hash > chain length) insertion sort price in timeout and schedule a one shot > timer for the next event that needs to run meaning that softclock is no > longer tied to hz. Yes. This is a happy circumstance, in my book, as it will abstract the idea of timer services from the underlying hardware providing the timing events... does wonders for cFreeBSD console code portability to other platforms. 8-). Terry Lambert terry@lambert.org --- Any opinions in this posting are my own and not those of my present or previous employers.
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