<div dir="ltr"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">2009/11/22 Orna Agmon Ben-Yehuda <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:ladypine@gmail.com">ladypine@gmail.com</a>></span><br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote">On Monday, November 23rd (TOMORROW) at 18:30, Haifux will gather to hear Gilad Ben-Yossef talk about<br>
<br>How Time Flies: Jiffies, Hi-Res Timers and the Tickless Kernel<br>
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Abstract<br>
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This lecture describes the Linux time keeping mechanism and related features, covering:
</p><ul><li>Jiffies and HZ: how the Linux kernel measure the passing of time</li><li>Hi-Res Timers: Accuracy and precision of the Linux time keeping code</li><li>Clock sources: abstractions of time keeping hardware</li>
<li>Tick-less kernel: how the above contribute to a better Linux
performance in real time, power consumption and virtualization domains</li></ul>
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We meet in Taub (CS Faculty) building, room 6. For instructions see:<br>
<a href="http://www.haifux.org/where.html" target="_blank">http://www.haifux.org/where.html</a><br>
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Attendance is free, and you are all invited!<br>
<br></div></div></blockquote><div>Is there some way that the lectures will be uploaded to somewhere ? <br>It sounds very interesting , but I live to far from there.<br> <br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
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This meeting opens this year of Haifux regular events:<br>
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07/12/09 0AD: Aviv Sharon, Shimon Grinberg et al.<br>
27/12/09 Nested Virtualization: Muli Ben-Yehuda<br>
04/01/10 The Offline Scheduler: Raz Ben-Yehuda<br>
18/01/10 The FOSS Community as a Social Phenomenon: Yaron Dishon<br>
15/02/10 VoIP in Linux: Rami Rosen<br>
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We are always interested in hearing your talks and ideas. If you wish to<br>
give a talk, hold a discussion, or just plan some event haifux might be<br>
interested in, please contact us at <a href="mailto:webmaster@haifux.org" target="_blank">webmaster@haifux.org</a><br>
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