Re: When did High-Resolution Timers hit mainline?

[Michael Kerrisk]

On Wed, Jun 25, 2008 at 2:22 PM, Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Wed, 25 Jun 2008, Michael Kerrisk wrote:
>> > Hmm, that's a bit backwards. We changed the internal handling of those
>> > interfaces to hrtimers in 2.6.16, but the accuracy is still jiffies
>> > unless you have CONFIG_HIGH_RES_TIMERS enabled (which is only possible
>> > as of 2.6.21) and your system provides the necessary hardware.
>>
>> So then it's simply enough to say:
>>
>> Since  Linux  2.6.17,  Linux  optionaly supports  high-resolution  timers
>> (configurable via CONFIG_HIGH_RES_TIMERS).
>>
>> right?
>
> Make this 2.6.21 :)

D'oh!  Yes of course.  Fingers were working, but Mr. Brain had long
since departed...

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