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Date:      Sat, 18 Oct 2008 17:28:30 -0700
From:      "Len Gross" <sandiegobiker@gmail.com>
To:        "freebsd-net@freebsd.org" <freebsd-net@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: Timers in drivers vs userland
Message-ID:  <27cb3ada0810181728w3f41e3d0pe2fca8102b0c7206@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <27cb3ada0810181512qeab4020g912096848212ad86@mail.gmail.com>
References:  <27cb3ada0810181512qeab4020g912096848212ad86@mail.gmail.com>

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Slight correction; I should have said more accurate usleep, not "timer."

-- Len

On Sat, Oct 18, 2008 at 3:12 PM, Len Gross <sandiegobiker@gmail.com> wrote:
> If I place a timer directly in a driver (like Ethernet)  will it be
> subject to less jitter and more consistency than if it were in
> Userland?
>
> I know FreeBSD is not "real time," but I need to be able to run a
> polling algorithm with about 1 ms accuracy.
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
> (Please tell me if there is a better list for this question.)
>
> -- Len
>



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