Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751710AbVLFP0N (ORCPT ); Tue, 6 Dec 2005 10:26:13 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751711AbVLFP0N (ORCPT ); Tue, 6 Dec 2005 10:26:13 -0500 Received: from moutng.kundenserver.de ([212.227.126.183]:9199 "EHLO moutng.kundenserver.de") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751707AbVLFP0M (ORCPT ); Tue, 6 Dec 2005 10:26:12 -0500 From: "David Engraf" To: Cc: Subject: AW: [PATCH] Win32 equivalent to GetTickCount systemcall (i386) Date: Tue, 6 Dec 2005 16:25:59 +0100 Message-ID: <001b01c5fa79$62fea6d0$0a016696@EW10> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Microsoft Office Outlook 11 In-Reply-To: Thread-Index: AcX6eCACdUDMiCluR4S8gWsYnbY8fAAARM7A X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.2670 X-Provags-ID: kundenserver.de abuse@kundenserver.de login:79a9c929f10b28b00e544b1aedb42267 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 921 Lines: 32 > "David Engraf" writes: > > > This patch adds a new systemcall on i386 architectures returning the > jiffies > > value to the application. > > As a kernel developer you can use jiffies but from the user space there > is > > no equivalent function which counts every millisecond like the Win32 > > GetTickCount. > > You want a timer that never go backwards, right? > > Use clock_gettime(CLOCK_MONOTONIC). It's the POSIX way to do this. > > -Andi Yes, clock_gettime works(CLOCK_MONOTONIC), thanks. David ____________ Virus checked by G DATA AntiVirusKit Version: AVK 16.2042 from 06.12.2005 Virus news: www.antiviruslab.com - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/