clarification about Linux Timers

From: nikhil bhargav (nikhilbhargav_nsit_at_indiatimes.com)
Date: 08/15/04 

Date: 14 Aug 2004 20:06:56 -0700

hi all,

I have a query regarding real time timer provided by standard stock
Linux kernel. According to man page of setitimer(), linux gives one
single timer of granularity minimum of 10 millisecond to a user
process. In order to decrease this granularity of 10 ms, unless one
recompile the kernel with config option HERTZ set to 1. I am
developing a timer layer for a user level protocol stack on standard
linux kernel 2.4.20. I want to know if there is any way of
implementing timers which are not integer multiple s of 10 ms i.e.
like say 105 ms. Also could i get a timer of granularity less than 10
ms. The application could provide for timers which are integral
multiple of 10 but not something like 107 ms.

Please advice.

nikhil

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