linux-kernel - Re: [take15 4/4] kevent: Timer notifications.

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Message-Id: <200609051539.58492.arnd.bergmann@de.ibm.com>
Date:	Tue, 5 Sep 2006 15:39:57 +0200
From:	Arnd Bergmann <arnd.bergmann@...ibm.com>
To:	Evgeniy Polyakov <johnpol@....mipt.ru>
Cc:	lkml <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>,
	Ulrich Drepper <drepper@...hat.com>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...l.org>, netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
	Zach Brown <zach.brown@...cle.com>,
	Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>,
	Chase Venters <chase.venters@...entec.com>
Subject: Re: [take15 4/4] kevent: Timer notifications.

On Monday 04 September 2006 12:14, Evgeniy Polyakov wrote:
> Timer notifications can be used for fine grained per-process time 
> management, since interval timers are very inconvenient to use, 
> and they are limited.

I guess this must have been discussed before, but why is this
not using high-resolution timers?

Are you planning to change this?

Maybe at least mention it in the description.

	Arnd <><
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