Subject: Re: microtime
To: None <tech-kern@netbsd.org>
From: Simon Burge <simonb@wasabisystems.com>
List: tech-kern
Date: 08/02/2002 15:23:02
On Thu, Aug 01, 2002 at 10:10:43PM -0700, Jason R Thorpe wrote:
> On Fri, Aug 02, 2002 at 05:08:38PM +1200, Gregory McGarry wrote:
>
> > In terms of hardware handshake, then perhaps it isn't. In the context
> > of delay() and DELAY() doing the same thing, then it doesn't make
> > sense to me to have both. Is that what you meant?
>
> You're right, it doesn't make sense to have both, but I'm not convinced
> that DELAY() is the right one :-)
The way I recall it is that DELAY() is for constant (maybe small?)
times, and delay() is the "general-purpose" delay function.
Simon.
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