This looks good. Will bintime and sbintime show up in the index?
On Thu, Dec 16, 2021 at 1:21 AM Sebastian Huber <sebastian.hu...@embedded-brains.de> wrote: > > Update #4572. > --- > c-user/clock/background.rst | 33 +++++++++++++++++++++------------ > 1 file changed, 21 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/c-user/clock/background.rst b/c-user/clock/background.rst > index 64e8311..9e76a02 100644 > --- a/c-user/clock/background.rst > +++ b/c-user/clock/background.rst > @@ -1,5 +1,6 @@ > .. SPDX-License-Identifier: CC-BY-SA-4.0 > > +.. Copyright (C) 2021 embedded brains GmbH (http://www.embedded-brains.de) > .. Copyright (C) 1988, 2008 On-Line Applications Research Corporation (OAR) > > Background > @@ -29,7 +30,7 @@ and date format: > > .. code-block:: c > > - struct rtems_tod_control { > + typedef struct { > uint32_t year; /* greater than 1987 */ > uint32_t month; /* 1 - 12 */ > uint32_t day; /* 1 - 31 */ > @@ -37,20 +38,28 @@ and date format: > uint32_t minute; /* 0 - 59 */ > uint32_t second; /* 0 - 59 */ > uint32_t ticks; /* elapsed between seconds */ > - }; > - typedef struct rtems_tod_control rtems_time_of_day; > + } rtems_time_of_day; > > The native date and time format is the only format supported when setting the > -system date and time using the ``rtems_clock_set`` directive. Some > +system date and time using the :ref:`InterfaceRtemsClockSet` directive. Some > applications expect to operate on a *UNIX-style* date and time data > structure. > -The ``rtems_clock_get_tod_timeval`` always returns the date and time in > -``struct timeval`` format. > - > -The ``struct timeval`` data structure has two fields: ``tv_sec`` and > -``tv_usec`` which are seconds and microseconds, respectively. The ``tv_sec`` > -field in this data structure is the number of seconds since the POSIX epoch > of > -*January 1, 1970* but will never be prior to the RTEMS epoch of *January 1, > -1988*. > +For example, the :ref:`InterfaceRtemsClockGetTodTimeval` returns the date and > +time in ``struct timeval`` format. > + > +Some directives use data structures defined by :term:`POSIX`. The ``struct > +timeval`` data structure has two members: ``tv_sec`` and ``tv_usec`` which > are > +seconds and microseconds, respectively. The ``struct timespec`` data > structure > +has two members: ``tv_sec`` and ``tv_nsec`` which are seconds and > nanoseconds, > +respectively. For :term:`CLOCK_REALTIME` time points, the ``tv_sec`` member > in > +these data structures is the number of seconds since the :term:`Unix epoch` > but > +will never be prior to the :term:`RTEMS epoch`. > + > +The ``struct bintime`` and ``sbintime_t`` time formats used by some > directives > +originate in FreeBSD. The ``struct bintime`` data structure which represents > +time in a binary time format has two members: ``sec`` and ``frac`` which are > +seconds and fractions of a second in units of :math:`1 / 2^{64}` seconds, > +respectively. The ``sbintime_t`` type is a signed 64-bit integer type used > to > +represent time in units of :math:`1 / 2^{32}` seconds. > > .. index:: timeslicing > > -- > 2.31.1 > > _______________________________________________ > devel mailing list > devel@rtems.org > http://lists.rtems.org/mailman/listinfo/devel _______________________________________________ devel mailing list devel@rtems.org http://lists.rtems.org/mailman/listinfo/devel