Re: [rtl] which timer does RTLinux use?

["Norm Dresner" <ndrez@att.net>]

For the x86 architecture, AIUI,  the frequencies have to be expressed
relative to the motherboard oscillator (1.19...MHz) so I'd guess that sets
the "resolution".

    Norm

----- Original Message -----
From: fred august <pitoz@yahoo.com>
To: rtl <rtl@rtlinux.org>
Sent: Thursday, August 16, 2001 1:16 PM
Subject: [rtl] which timer does RTLinux use?


> Hi,
>     I was wondering if anyone could tell me which
> timer is used by RTLinux to schedule periodic threads,
> what the maximum frequency is and how good the
> resolution is. I've tried to push threads to 10KHz and
> checked a digital output with an oscilloscope and it
> was perfect.
>
> thanks
>
> F
>
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