Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] LinuxCNC laptops

Tom Hubin wrote:

>Stephen Wille Padnos wrote:
>
>
>>So here's the problem: every 64 seconds, and whenever a "system
>>management event" occurs, the processor will stop whatever it's doing,
>>and go off to take care of "system-y things". This can take several
>>hundred milliseconds to complete.
>>
>>
>
>Hello Stephen,
>
>Does this apply only to laptops or are desktops also susceptible to this
> interrupt every 64 seconds?
>
>

It also applies to desktops. It just seems to be ubiquitous on laptops.

Incidentally, I don't think the 64-second period is a spec anywhere, I'm
betting it's the overflow of a 16-bit counter counting 1000 Hz or 1024
Hz timer ticks or something like that.

- Steve