From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Philippe Gerum In-Reply-To: <459A31E3.40807@domain.hid> References: <459A31E3.40807@domain.hid> Content-Type: text/plain Date: Tue, 02 Jan 2007 14:22:29 +0100 Message-Id: <1167744149.30347.2.camel@domain.hid> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: [Xenomai-core] Re: SVN checkin #2010 Reply-To: rpm@xenomai.org List-Id: "Xenomai life and development \(bug reports, patches, discussions\)" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , To: Jan Kiszka Cc: xenomai-core On Tue, 2007-01-02 at 11:20 +0100, Jan Kiszka wrote: > Hi all - and happy new year, > > I haven't looked at all the new code yet, only the commit messages. I > found something similar to my fast-forward-on-timer-overrun patch in > #2010 and wondered if Gilles' original concerns on side effects for the > POSIX skin were addressed [1]. I recalled that my own final summary on > this was "leave it as it is" [2]. > The best approach is to update the POSIX skin so that it does not rely on the timer code to act in a sub-optimal way; that's why this patch found its way in. Scheduling and processing timer shots uselessly is a bug, not a feature in this case. > Jan > > [1]https://mail.gna.org/public/xenomai-core/2006-08/msg00122.html > [2]https://mail.gna.org/public/xenomai-core/2006-08/msg00133.html > -- Philippe.