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Date:      Tue, 7 Oct 1997 23:27:32 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Julian Elischer <julian@whistle.com>
To:        mdean <mdean@best.com>
Cc:        Peter Dufault <dufault@hda.com>, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: A world of unexplored pain.
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.95.971007232512.1324B-100000@current1.whistle.com>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.SGI.3.95.971007230627.18695B-100000@shellx.best.com>

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On Tue, 7 Oct 1997, mdean wrote:

> 
> Yes, through the acquire_timer0() call, does anyone know if acquiring the
> timer at a raised rate for a lengthy perios of time has any detrimental
> effects?
> 
> > well for a start in FreeBSD the system provides a way of raising 
> > the hardware clockrate transparently on the fly to do this sort 
> > of thing the PCAUDIO device routinelyu raises the clockrate to 
> > 16000 Hz.
> > 
> 
> 
OIf what you plan to do canbe done in a few instructiosn then, NO, 
there is no detrimental effect that I have ever seen,
we run it here at 1KHz and 10KHz, and have seen no problems.
clock is at a high priority, so jitter should be low.
Just remember to keep what you want to a minimum, and do all the rest
of the work elsewhere.





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