Re: No 100 HZ timer !

Alan Cox (alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk)
Tue, 10 Apr 2001 16:43:47 +0100 (BST)

> Timers more precise than 100HZ aren't probably needed - as MIN_RTO is 0.2s
> and MIN_DELACK is 0.04s, TCP would hardly benefit from them.

There are a considerable number of people who really do need 1Khz resolution.
Midi is one of the example cases. That doesn't mean we have to go to a 1KHz
timer, we may want to combine a 100Hz timer with a smart switch to 1Khz

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