Re: Linux-Kernel Archive: No 100 HZ timer !

[Alan Cox]

> Okay but what will be used for a base for hardware that has critical
> timing issues due to the rules of the hardware?

> #define WAIT_MIN_SLEEP  (2*HZ/100)      /* 20msec - minimum sleep time */
> 
> Give me something for HZ or a rule for getting a known base so I can have
> your storage work and not corrupt.

The same values would be valid with add_timer and friends regardless. Its just
that people who do

	while(time_before(jiffies, started+DELAY))
	{
		if(poll_foo())
			break;
	}

would need to either use add_timer or we could implement get_jiffies()