Add release notes entry for waitable timers

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Freddie Akeroyd
2021-03-12 19:24:09 +00:00
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@@ -12,6 +12,14 @@ The names of the generated junit xml test output files have been changed
from `<testname>.xml` to `<testname>-results.xml`, to allow better
distinction from other xml files. (I.e., for easy wildcard matching.)
### Use waitable timers on Microsoft Windows
The `epicsEventWaitWithTimeout` and `epicsThreadSleep` functions have
been changed to use waitable timers. On Windows 10 version 1803 or higher
they will use high resolution timers for more consistent timing.
See https://groups.google.com/a/chromium.org/g/scheduler-dev/c/0GlSPYreJeY
for a comparison of the performance of different timers.
## Changes made between 3.15.7 and 3.15.8