Re: what is the granularity of itimer

2007-05-24 Thread Brad Hinson
Oops, you're right HZ is 100 not 1000. On Thu, 2007-05-24 at 17:35 +0200, Martin Schwidefsky wrote: > On Thu, 2007-05-24 at 11:28 -0400, Brad Hinson wrote: > > itimer is based on jiffies, so the granularity should be 1 millisecond > > (HZ=1000/s) in kernel space. I haven't tested this, though. A

Re: what is the granularity of itimer

2007-05-24 Thread Martin Schwidefsky
On Thu, 2007-05-24 at 11:28 -0400, Brad Hinson wrote: > itimer is based on jiffies, so the granularity should be 1 millisecond > (HZ=1000/s) in kernel space. I haven't tested this, though. Are you > seeing something different? HZ is 100 on s390 so the granularity is 10 milliseconds. -- blue ski

Re: what is the granularity of itimer

2007-05-24 Thread Brad Hinson
itimer is based on jiffies, so the granularity should be 1 millisecond (HZ=1000/s) in kernel space. I haven't tested this, though. Are you seeing something different? -Brad On Wed, 2007-05-23 at 16:02 -0500, Roach, Dennis wrote: > Does anyone know what the granularity of itimer is on a z900 (RH

what is the granularity of itimer

2007-05-23 Thread Roach, Dennis
Does anyone know what the granularity of itimer is on a z900 (RHEL 4u3)? Dennis Roach United Space Alliance 600 Gemini Avenue Mail Code USH-4A3L Houston, Texas 77058 Voice: (281) 282-2975 Page:(713) 736-8275 Fax: (281) 282-3583 E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] All opinions expressed by me are