'show timer' shows all loaded timer modules. That shows none are loaded.<div><br></div><div>CORE_SOFTTIMER_MODULE is the soft timer built into the FS core... it may or may not use timerfd, depending on your system.</div>
<div><br></div><div>You pick which timer to actually use in your configuration files... for example the rtp-timer-name Sofia profile param.</div><div><br></div><div>Use the timer_test command to see which timer actually works best for you (ie most accurate, least jitter).</div>
<div><a href="http://wiki.freeswitch.org/wiki/Mod_commands#timer_test">http://wiki.freeswitch.org/wiki/Mod_commands#timer_test</a></div><div><br></div><div>-Steve</div><div><br></div><div><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">
On 12 February 2013 22:48, jay binks <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:jaybinks@gmail.com" target="_blank">jaybinks@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
so does :<br>
<br>
freeswitch@default> show timer<br>
type,name,ikey<br>
timer,soft,CORE_SOFTTIMER_MODULE<br>
<br>
1 total.<br>
<br>
on FreeSWITCH Version 1.2.6+git~20130104T154559Z~a4247651ca (git<br>
a424765 2013-01-04 15:45:59Z)<br>
<br>
indicate it will be using timerfd calls or is this the old softtimer ?<br>
<div><div class="h5"><br>
On 13 February 2013 02:21, Ken Rice <<a href="mailto:krice@freeswitch.org">krice@freeswitch.org</a>> wrote:<br>
> The default one is the best one on linux with kernels starting around<br>
> 2.6.32... Anything after that and you are good to go...<br>
><br>
> The other timers are left around for other platforms<br>
><br>
> K<br>
><br>
><br>
><br>
> On 2/12/13 10:04 AM, "François Delawarde" <<a href="mailto:fdelawarde@wirelessmundi.com">fdelawarde@wirelessmundi.com</a>><br>
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><br>
>> Hello,<br>
><br>
> Could someone knowing the different FS timers clarify the<br>
>> difference<br>
> between those:<br>
><br>
> - default core softtimer<br>
> - core heavy timer (does<br>
>> this option still exists?)<br>
> - posix timer<br>
> - timerfd<br>
><br>
> Can any of those provide a<br>
>> significant performance improvement, or is it<br>
> just not worth switching from<br>
>> the default?<br>
><br>
> In any case, which one would be the recommended/best one under<br>
>> Linux<br>
> with a relatively recent kernel<br>
>> (>3.0)?<br>
><br>
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