Hello,
vaishali paisal wrote:
void set_timer(void)
{
static struct timer_list mytimer;
static int i=1;
struct timeval timecount;
init_timer(&mytimer);
mytimer.expires=jiffies+2*HZ;
mytimer.data=i;
mytimer.function=(void*)timer_timeout;
add_timer(&mytimer);
do_gettimeofday(&timecount);
printk(KERN_INFO "\ntimer%d started at :%ld seconds %ld microseconds",i++,timecount.tv_sec,timecount.tv_usec);
return;
}
I think you should not declare "mytimer" as a local variable, but rather as a global variable, because it is still needed after set_timer() has returned. When declared as static local variable, its remains after set_timer() has returned, that's why it works with static, but not without.
Sincerly,
Thomas -- Thomas Petazzoni thomas.petazzoni@xxxxxxxx
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