Hi, > > I thought hrtimers allow higher-precision wakeups these days? > Of course, if you only want to sleep for a few microseconds, the > context switch might take longer than you want to sleep... Yes, that is right. Sorry, I missed that. But that is purely HW dependent - if your HW providea a high precision timer (Such as HPET on latest Intel machines), that can be used for quicker sleeps. Thanks, Rajat -- To unsubscribe from this list: send an email with "unsubscribe kernelnewbies" to ecartis@xxxxxxxxxxxx Please read the FAQ at http://kernelnewbies.org/FAQ