[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> On Tue, Dec 05, 2000 at 11:13:26AM -0700, Gordon McNutt wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > On an x86 (for example), if an RT task programs a clock timer does it
> > conflict with the regular system timer interrupts? They both appear to
> > use IRQ 0.
>
> Where RTL uses the same timer as Linux, we fake interrupts down to the Linux
> layer. See rtl_timer code.
I was just wondering if programming the timer in one-shot mode might cause the
normal system timer interrupt to be called at an unusual interval (thus
affecting the jiffie count, etc). Seems that the linux layer will get its fake
timer interrupt when (and only when) the one-shot fires.
--Gordon
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