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Subject:	Re: uclock with DOSEMU
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Tim Updegrove <tupdegrove AT removeme DOT agere DOT com> wrote:
> Anyone know if uclock() will function okay in the microsecond range with 
> DOSEMU?

I don't exactly know, but I'd be *very* surprised if it did.  Linux
won't let you do any timed delay shorter than its 100 Hz = 10 ms timer
tick in user-level code.  For anything shorter, you have to be in
kernel land or use a calibrated delay loop (--> bogomips).

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Hans-Bernhard Broeker (broeker AT physik DOT rwth-aachen DOT de)
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