UTIME: On Demand Micro Second Resolution Timers

Balaji Srinivasan (balaji@ittc.ukans.edu)
Tue, 23 Dec 1997 15:47:27 -0600 (CST)


Hi Everyone,
The new version of UTIME (On Demand Microsecond Resolution Timers for
Linux) is now available at http://hegel.ittc.ukans.edu/projects/utime

This version is for linux-2.1.75. This version seems to be stable enough.
Since our patch to the fast timers code (by Finn Arne Gangstad) seems to
crash the machine when running under X, this patch actually
has the option of using the old style timer list code (ie a doubly
linked list of timers). The old style timer list works properly.
This version adds microsecond resolution to the select system call in
addition to the nanosleep system call. This patch has also split part
of sched.c into a new file kernel/timers.c. This new file has the
routine dealing with maintaining the timer queue.

More details are available at the web site. Please check it out.

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year
balaji

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