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From: Mark Hounschell <markh@compro.net>
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Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: HZ question
Date: Tue, 13 Sep 2005 15:15:58 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <4327256E.2000702@compro.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1126632856.3455.45.camel@cog.beaverton.ibm.com>

john stultz wrote:

> 
> But you don't really want to know HZ, you want to know timer resolution.
> That's a reasonable request and I believe the posix-timers
> clock_getres() interface might provide what you need. Although I'd defer
> to George (CC'ed) since he's more of an expert on those interfaces.
> 
> You might also want to check out his HRT patches.
> 
> thanks
> -john

Thanks John that does in fact seem to do what I needed. It gives me 
enough info that I can tell the HZ of the running kernel. HaHa...
I'm familiar with the HRT stuff as it was on the 2.4 kernel.

Thanks
Mark

  reply	other threads:[~2005-09-13 19:16 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 23+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2005-09-13 12:48 HZ question Mark Hounschell
2005-09-13 13:46 ` linux-os (Dick Johnson)
2005-09-13 14:00   ` Mark Hounschell
2005-09-13 14:20     ` Tim Schmielau
2005-09-13 15:05       ` Mark Hounschell
2005-09-13 16:01         ` Tim Schmielau
2005-09-13 16:41           ` Mark Hounschell
2005-09-13 16:47           ` Mark Hounschell
2005-09-13 18:38             ` Stefan Smietanowski
2005-09-13 19:17               ` Mark Hounschell
2005-09-13 23:19                 ` Daniel Barkalow
2005-09-13 17:34         ` john stultz
2005-09-13 19:15           ` Mark Hounschell [this message]
2005-09-14  4:15           ` George Anzinger
2005-09-13 20:13   ` jdow
2005-09-13 20:38     ` linux-os (Dick Johnson)
2005-09-15  1:29       ` Lee Revell
2005-09-13 14:07 ` Tim Schmielau
2005-09-14  4:00 ` Coywolf Qi Hunt
2005-09-15  1:20   ` Lee Revell
2005-09-15 16:16     ` Joe Bob Spamtest
2005-09-15 20:19       ` Valdis.Kletnieks
2005-09-15 20:34         ` Jesper Juhl

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