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jiffies declared in kernel/timer.c.
Name suggests that it is incremented 100 times per second.
LDD2 suggests that it is incremented every 1000/HZ per second.
Is it just name misleading - or I really miss the point?
So to translate this to seconds i need (jiffies*1000/HZ)
and milliseconds are just (jiffies/HZ) then.
Am I right?
I need this for {add,mod}_timer() calls.
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> Hello!
>
> [ I beleive this is real FAQ - so responding with private e-mails
> more appropriate.
> ptr("RTFM") != 0 are welcome. ]
>
> jiffies declared in kernel/timer.c.
> Name suggests that it is incremented 100 times per second.
> LDD2 suggests that it is incremented every 1000/HZ per second.
>
> Is it just name misleading - or I really miss the point?
>
> So to translate this to seconds i need (jiffies*1000/HZ)
> and milliseconds are just (jiffies/HZ) then.
No. seconds are jiffies/HZ.
HZ = Herz = something per second :-)
HZ = something / second => second = something / HZ :-)
Tomas
On Die, 2003-11-04 at 13:52, Tomas Telensky wrote:
> HZ = Herz = something per second :-)
<nitpick>
It is "Hertz".
</nitpick>
Bernd
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