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