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Date:      Sat, 23 Mar 1996 00:17:50 +1100
From:      Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au>
To:        bde@zeta.org.au, pst@shockwave.com
Cc:        hackers@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: real time interrupts in FreeBSD?
Message-ID:  <199603221317.AAA06941@godzilla.zeta.org.au>

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>Do you feel it's better to acquire timer 0 once, set my 1ms interrupt rate,
>and leave the ms timer running until the camera device is no longer open,
>or do you think that when I need to download a frame, I should switch the
>clock rate, do my wait, restore the clock rate, and go on?

I would try letting it run.  This will probably work OK, and it saves you
from having to worry about other drivers stealing the timer.

Bruce



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