[openbeos] Re: undocumented syscalls

  • From: Rudy Gingles <rudyatek@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <openbeos@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Fri, 16 Aug 2002 11:59:56 -0700

>>Along these lines, I'm confused about how BeOS can have
>>_micro_second resolution with commands like microsleep(), yet have
>>a 3ms scheduler quantum.   Perhaps someone could explain these
>>things in a newsletter??
>
>Easy, it does not have a 3ms scheduler quantum.
>
>Quoting Manuel (the indented text was the question asked):

<snip>

>So, there you go.

I too am curious about how the scheduler works, but the above quote 
doesn't make a whole lot of sense to me (time based callout queue? 
wha?). If there is another explanation available somewhere, I'd sure 
like to see it.

Rudyatek



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