On Mon, 20 Dez 1999 Stuart Hughes wrote:
>Jochen Kuepper wrote:
>Your idea was a good one, my only extra suggestion is that the includes
>be via a link at some point (in the same way that /usr/include/linux and
>/usr/include/asm are).
Yep - and I agree that is a good idea either :-)
>> Well, than people will step in and ask why the hell they don't get the ns
>> resolution they specify :-(
>
>The point I was making is that it is far easier to think in terms of
>nanoseconds than clock ticks, I often find myself confused when setting
>up the timer related stuff in RTL/RTAI. Of course people have to
>realise that the resolution of the (8254) timer is 1/1193180 so you
>don't get exactly what you ask for. Hopefully when other ports appear
>on platforms with better timers the discrepancy between nanoseconds
>asked and actual will be far less.
Yep, I understand your point. And I actually want it in ns !
I just assume the questions that will be there, so we have to make it
more then clear that you get what there is, not what you asked for !
( WYSIWIC - What You See Is What I Can (provide) :-)
Greets,
-- Jochen
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