Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote: > In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Grant > Edwards wrote: > >> On 2008-09-23, Blubaugh, David A. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >>> I was wondering if anyone has come across the issue of not being allowed >>> to have the following within a Python script operating under Linux: >>> >>> time.sleep(0.0125) >> No, I have not. And I doubt anybody else has. > > Just a thought, your minimum sleep time is probably limited by the > resolution of the system "HZ" clock. Type > > less /proc/config.gz > > and search for the value of the "CONFIG_HZ" setting. On the Athlon 64 > machine I'm using to write this, it's 250, which should allow for sleep > intervals in multiples of 0.004 seconds.
Since most distributions do not create this file in /proc for whatever reason, and some people are being deliberately obtuse, does anyone know how to ask the kernel what the timer resolution is? Is it stored anywhere else in /proc or /sys? I kind of think most distros set it to 1000 Hz, but I'm not sure. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
