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| author | David Lechner <david@lechnology.com> | 2022-05-03 22:26:29 -0500 |
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| committer | Damien George <damien@micropython.org> | 2022-05-24 00:51:47 +1000 |
| commit | c012318d74fed232b1c872a1a0cacf91ebcb1b6d (patch) | |
| tree | 90952f1815a9e1edc4d06e4d85a818b6a25ad66a /docs/unix | |
| parent | be5657b64ff718bfeeab8f60d8ae12b31bbcbb89 (diff) | |
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unix: Implement `-X realtime` command-line option on macOS.
This adds a new command line option to the unix port `-X realtime` to
enable realtime priority on threads. This enables high precision timers
for applications that need more accurate timers.
Related docs:
https://developer.apple.com/library/archive/technotes/tn2169/_index.html
Fixes issue #8621.
Signed-off-by: David Lechner <david@pybricks.com>
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| -rw-r--r-- | docs/unix/quickref.rst | 2 |
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diff --git a/docs/unix/quickref.rst b/docs/unix/quickref.rst index ec5312a535..2eac1edc79 100644 --- a/docs/unix/quickref.rst +++ b/docs/unix/quickref.rst @@ -73,6 +73,8 @@ General options: - ``-X heapsize=<n>[w][K|M]`` sets the heap size for the garbage collector. The suffix ``w`` means words instead of bytes. ``K`` means x1024 and ``M`` means x1024x1024. + - ``-X realtime`` sets thread priority to realtime. This can be used to + improve timer precision. Only available on macOS. |