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Re: [Xen-devel] create_periodic_time(): why forced to 0.9ms ?
| To: | Russ Blaine <russell.blaine@xxxxxxx>, <xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> |
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| Subject: | Re: [Xen-devel] create_periodic_time(): why forced to 0.9ms ? |
| From: | Keir Fraser <Keir.Fraser@xxxxxxxxxxxx> |
| Date: | Sun, 01 Jul 2007 21:44:43 +0100 |
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That's a question for whoever at Intel originally wrote that code. I'm sure the answer is that anything smaller is too small. :-) Which is kind of reasonable... -- Keir On 29/6/07 23:41, "Russ Blaine" <russell.blaine@xxxxxxx> wrote: > create_periodic_time() forces the period to be at least 0.9 ms. Can anyone > explain the history behind this? Why is this done, and how was this constant > chosen? > > ----------------------------------------------------- > Russ Blaine | Solaris Kernel | russell.blaine@xxxxxxx > > _______________________________________________ > Xen-devel mailing list > Xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > http://lists.xensource.com/xen-devel _______________________________________________ Xen-devel mailing list Xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.xensource.com/xen-devel |
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