From mboxrd@z Thu Jan  1 00:00:00 1970
From: Russ Blaine <russell.blaine@sun.com>
Subject: create_periodic_time(): why forced to 0.9ms ?
Date: Fri, 29 Jun 2007 15:41:29 -0700
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create_periodic_time() forces the period to be at least 0.9 ms. Can anyone 
explain the history behind this? Why is this done, and how was this constant 
chosen?

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Russ Blaine | Solaris Kernel | russell.blaine@sun.com