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From: "Len Gross" <sandiegobiker@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: Timers in drivers vs userland
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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
>