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[ts-7000] Re: Changing HZ on 7800

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Subject: [ts-7000] Re: Changing HZ on 7800
From: "JD" <>
Date: Tue, 08 Jan 2008 14:08:49 -0000
Looks interesting, and looking at the kernel syms, it is already
compiled in and I can see two timers in /proc/timer_list

How do you set it to sub HZ timing tho? 

--- In  "charliem_1216" <> wrote:
>
> 
> Hi --
> 
> --- In  "JD" <john.donoghue@> wrote:
> >
> > Well, scheduling using kernel timers is only going to give me a
> > frequency of at most 'HZ'
> > 
> > Which brings us back incrementing HZ, or using some other method.
> > 
> 
> You are using 7800, which means a 2.6 kernel, right?  Have you looked
> at enabling high resolution timers (HRT) when building your kernel? 
> They work quite well on my TS-7250, but I have no TS-7800 to try. 
> Check out Documentation/hrtimers in your linux kernel directory.  If
> built with HRT, the kernel will use hr timers for nanosleep(),
> itimers, and posix-timers.
> 
> BTW, there was a post here with a link to the marvel chip docs, even
> if they have not been officially released.
> 
> Regards, ....... Charlie
>




 
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