jwantz at babel.hpcc.noaa.gov writes: > Presumably, jiffy_delta controls how often speakup tries to insert itself > in the running kernel measured in jiffies of course. Incidentally, in > Redhat 8.0 they recently increased the speed of the kernel by an order of > magnitude. This is of course more CPU intensive, but it improves the > performance of realtime applications. > > Kirk, please correct me if I am wrong about jiffy_delta. Well, you're right up to a point. jiffie_delta is actually the amount of time speakup allows itself to hold the processor. In other words how long before it returns control to the remainder of the kernel. Delay_time is how often it inserts itself into the running kernel or takes control. Kirk -- Kirk Reiser The Computer Braille Facility e-mail: kirk at braille.uwo.ca University of Western Ontario phone: (519) 661-3061
