HR timers on PowerPC 83xx
Joakim Tjernlund
Joakim.Tjernlund at transmode.se
Sat Apr 26 04:29:37 EST 2008
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Sergei Shtylyov [mailto:sshtylyov at ru.mvista.com]
> Sent: den 25 april 2008 18:00
> To: joakim.tjernlund at transmode.se
> Cc: 'linuxppc-dev Development'
> Subject: Re: HR timers on PowerPC 83xx
>
> Joakim Tjernlund wrote:
>
> >>>Trying to understand what is needed to make nanosleep() and friends to
> >>>have better resolution than HZ on my 83xx CPU. Is this possible
> >>>and what CONFIG options do I need to enable? Kernel is 2.6.25
>
> >> Should be possible with CONFIG_HIGH_RES_TIMERS=y.
>
> > What about NO_HZ? Does that setting change anything?
>
> It is independent from HRT and selects the mode where the idle process
> stops timer HZ interrupts from occuring until it's scheduled off CPU.
OK, Thanks
One last question, do I need a current glibc to use
the new resolution? I got 2.3.6 now
Jocke
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