Re: [patch 00/43] ktimer reworked

[Roman Zippel]

Hi,

On Thu, 1 Dec 2005, Kyle Moffett wrote:

> A timeout (like waiting for somebody to answer the phone) is optimized to
> never happen (they will hopefully pick up first).  If everything works
> perfectly; it will be stopped before it has a chance to go off.
> 
> A timer (like a kitchen timer telling you the cookies are done) is optimized
> to be added and sit around until it expires.  You just don't turn off the
> timer and take the cookies out before they are done.

Making this the primary criteria for choosing a timer system would be a
huge mistake. As I wrote in a previous mail there are other, more 
important criteria.
So far I still thought this was about kernel programming and not about 
Aunt Tillies cooking show. Can we please bring this back to a technical 
level?

bye, Roman
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