Re: 2.2.16/17pre6 nanosleep stops my X pointer from moving

[George Anzinger]

Alan Cox wrote:
> 
> > Not to throw cold water on this, but as a real time professional, I
> > think timing loops like this should be removed from the kernel.  A FAR
> > better approach would be to set up an interrupt, even if it is sloppy.
> 
> It does use interrupt timing when the timeout is large or when not a hard
> RT task. For most other cases we use delay loops its basically a case of
> 'You shouldnt have bought a PC then'. A lot of devices need short accurate
> timeouts and don't have an IRQ for it

Agreed, there is a need.  But there is also a need for the nanosleep
that uses the clock int.  I just think the interface is overloaded. 
Probably too late to do anything about it :(

George