On Monday, July 27th at 18:30, Haifux will gather to hear Gilad
Ben-Yossef's talk
How Time Flies: Jiffies, Hi-Res Timers and the Tickless Kernel:
Abstract
This lecture describes the Linux time keeping mechanism and related
features, covering:
* Jiffies and HZ: how the Linux kernel measure the passing of time
* Hi-Res Timers: Accuracy and precision of the Linux time keeping code
* Clock sources: abstractions of time keeping hardware
* Tick-less kernel: how the above contribute to a better Linux
performance in real time, power consumption and virtualization domains
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We meet in Taub building, room 6. For instructions see:
http://www.haifux.org/where.html
Attendance is free, and you are all invited!
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Future lectures:
10/8/09 GCC Profile Guided Optimization: Shachar Shemesh
17/8/09 Mesh networking; kernel, netlink and transport layer sockets:
Rami Rosen
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We are always interested in hearing your talks and ideas. If you wish to
give a talk, hold a discussion, or just plan some event haifux might be
interested in, please contact us at [email protected]
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