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Ok: add_timer function errata

Forum: Supporting Functions
Re: Question add_timer function errata? (Tim Ferguson)
Date: Mon, 17 Feb 1997 17:42:33 GMT
From: Tom Bjorkholm <>

Tim,

You are correct.... or at least I have the same experience as you have. The time you should give is "jiffies + TIMEOUT"

Could someone fix this in the original documentation.

/Tom Bjorkholm