Re: uniform input device packets?

Alan Cox (alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk)
Fri, 26 Jun 1998 01:51:57 +0100 (BST)


> Not defined yet. I would go for 1 msec probably. Any pros/cons?

Use struct timeval - thats the normal interface between user and kernel
for time objects.

> Yes, this has already been discussed here. I still am not convinced which
> way is better.

Compared to syscall overhead fighting over 8, 16 or 32 byte messages is
an irrelevance. It'll cost you longer to do an ISA bus I/O cycle than
move extra 8 bytes.

Alan

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