changeset 7341:ff1a3a226663

unused code also it was never ported to non-linux systems

--- a/linux/timer.c	Mon Sep 09 20:07:46 2002 +0000
+++ /dev/null	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
@@ -1,40 +0,0 @@
-/* POSIX compatible timer callback */
-#include <sys/time.h>
-#include <signal.h>
-#include <stddef.h>
-
-#include "timer.h"
-
-static timer_callback *user_func = NULL;
-static struct itimerval otimer;
-static void (*old_alrm)(int) = SIG_DFL;
-
-static void my_alarm_handler( int signo )
-{
-  if(user_func) (*user_func)();
-}
-
-unsigned set_timer_callback(unsigned ms,timer_callback func)
-{
-   unsigned ret;
-   struct itimerval itimer;
-   user_func = func;
-   getitimer(ITIMER_REAL,&otimer);
-   old_alrm = signal(SIGALRM,my_alarm_handler);
-   signal(SIGALRM,my_alarm_handler);
-   itimer.it_interval.tv_sec = 0;
-   itimer.it_interval.tv_usec = ms*1000;
-   itimer.it_value.tv_sec = 0;
-   itimer.it_value.tv_usec = ms*1000;
-   setitimer(ITIMER_REAL,&itimer,NULL);
-   getitimer(ITIMER_REAL,&itimer);
-   ret = itimer.it_interval.tv_sec*1000 + itimer.it_interval.tv_usec/1000;
-   if(!ret) restore_timer();
-   return ret;
-}
-
-void restore_timer(void)
-{
-  signal(SIGALRM,old_alrm);
-  setitimer(ITIMER_REAL,&otimer,NULL);
-}