On Tue, 27 Jun 2006, Franck Bui-Huu wrote: > > You're asking the wrong question. The real question is "Why ever use > > jiffies?" > > > > Jiffy values don't mean anything outside a running system. They aren't > > portable at all. But seconds, milliseconds, microseconds, and so on all > > have very well-defined meanings. > > > > It's only because of historical inertia that jiffies are still used > > anywhere. > > > > well should take a look to this thread... > > http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=112136226822727&w=2
Okay, Linus disagrees with me. I don't buy his argument, but it doesn't really matter. > That said, jiffies are usually used by the kernel services, so I guess > that all uses of sec, msec, usec in the usb device drivers will be > converted into jiffies eventually... Actually the timeout for usb_control_message _used_ to be jiffies and was converted to milliseconds, at about the same time that msleep() was added. Alan Stern Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job easier Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache Geronimo http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=120709&bid=263057&dat=121642 _______________________________________________ linux-usb-devel@lists.sourceforge.net To unsubscribe, use the last form field at: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-usb-devel
