Re: [Xen-devel] create_periodic_time(): why forced to 0.9ms ?

[Keir Fraser <Keir.Fraser@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

That's a question for whoever at Intel originally wrote that code. I'm sure
the answer is that anything smaller is too small. :-)  Which is kind of
reasonable...

 -- Keir

On 29/6/07 23:41, "Russ Blaine" <russell.blaine@xxxxxxx> wrote:

> create_periodic_time() forces the period to be at least 0.9 ms. Can anyone
> explain the history behind this? Why is this done, and how was this constant
> chosen?
> 
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