High resolution timer in driver

[Wolfgang Denk]

In message <20040426164104.21828.qmail at web41503.mail.yahoo.com> you wrote:
>
> I am writting a device driver. I have a requirement
> that i need a timer base interrupt serive routine
> which shall be called 1024 times in a second. But my

Find an unused timer on your processor, install an interrupt  handler
for it, and finally programm it in periodic mode with f=1024 Hz.

Where is the problem?

> understanding is saying that i can call it only once
> in a second through generic linux timer.

This is definitely wrong. Wrong twice, at least.

Best regards,

Wolfgang Denk

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