On Monday, November 23rd (TOMORROW) at 18:30, Haifux will gather to hear Gilad Ben-Yossef talk about
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 ================================================================= We meet in Taub (CS Faculty) building, room 6. For instructions see: http://www.haifux.org/where.html Attendance is free, and you are all invited! ============================================================ This meeting opens this year of Haifux regular events: 07/12/09 0AD: Aviv Sharon, Shimon Grinberg et al. 27/12/09 Nested Virtualization: Muli Ben-Yehuda 04/01/10 The Offline Scheduler: Raz Ben-Yehuda 18/01/10 The FOSS Community as a Social Phenomenon: Yaron Dishon 15/02/10 VoIP in Linux: Rami Rosen ============================================================ 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 webmas...@haifux.org
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