Re: Incorrect mdelay() results on Power Managed Machines x86

Alan Cox
2001-03-22T23:05:49Z

> I wonder if there is a way to modify mdelay to use a kernel timer if
> interval > 10msec? I am not familiar with this section of the kernel, but I
> do know that Microsoft's similar function KeStallExecutionProcessor is not
> recommended for more than 50 *micro*seconds.

Basically the same kind of recommendation applies. But as with all rules its
sometimes appropriate to break it