Re: Scheduler degradation since 2.5.66

From: Jamie Lokier (jamie_at_shareable.org)
Date: 12/16/03

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    Date:	Tue, 16 Dec 2003 00:52:51 +0000
To: George Anzinger <george@mvista.com>

    George Anzinger wrote:
    > Try running the test with a requested sleep time of something less than
    > 0.999849 ms. All this is for the x86 which is using this time to do the
    > best it can with the PIT which can only get this close to 1 ms ticks. You
    > can even vary this number to see exactly where the round up actually
    > happens. Ah, life in the nano world :)

    Would it be better to program the PIT for lowest frequency that's >= 1.0ms.

    -- Jamie
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