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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
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