[Bug 990] New: os::Timer overshoots consistently about 60us

http://bugs.orocos.org/show_bug.cgi?id=990

Summary: os::Timer overshoots consistently about 60us
Product: Toolchain
Version: master
Platform: All
OS/Version: GNU/Linux
Status: NEW
Severity: normal
Priority: P3
Component: RTT
AssignedTo: orocos-dev [..] ...
ReportedBy: peter [..] ...
CC: orocos-dev [..] ...
Estimated Hours: 0.0

As reported on the ML: When programming the os::Timer, it overshoots. On one
system, this was 99% of the time 60us, but sometimes only 30us. This could be
due to how the Linux kernel / PREEMPT_RT works, or how we program it
(conversion bug).

http://www.orocos.org/forum/orocos/orocos-users/timer-overshooting-consi...