Hi Kirk,
Well, I had the two backwards in my mind. Thanks for the info.
Jim Wantz WB0TFK
On 25 Nov
2002, Kirk Reiser wrote:
> 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
>
>
