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Date:      Sun, 02 Dec 2007 15:59:59 +0000
From:      "Poul-Henning Kamp" <phk@phk.freebsd.dk>
To:        "M. Warner Losh" <imp@bsdimp.com>
Cc:        arch@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: New "timeout" api, to replace callout 
Message-ID:  <19734.1196611199@critter.freebsd.dk>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sun, 02 Dec 2007 08:53:16 MST." <20071202.085316.723205116.imp@bsdimp.com> 

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In message <20071202.085316.723205116.imp@bsdimp.com>, "M. Warner Losh" writes:

>Does this mean that you're planning a so-called tickless
>implementation?

Time permitting, yes.

First order of business is getting the API introduced, then to clean
up the places where the 20-line hack for cleaning up callouts has
happened, and them move on in natural order from there.

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