Alain Rolle wrote:
>
> Hi again,
>
> concerning jiffies in rtl, I can indeed see why it is not very usefull
> using them in a RT driver. My question is :
> could I simply use "gethrtime()" wherever "jiffies" ocurred in an
> original linux driver, or should I multiply "gethrtime()" with a certain
> factor.
jiffies = 11931800*gethrtime();
By the way, can anyone tell me what jiffies really stands for in
> linux ?
10 millisecond increments.
Or can give me at least a tip for further reading about the
> use and source of it ?
See: sched.h/sched.c.
>I already tried the Linux Docu Project, but without
> results.
>
> Thanks again,
>
> Alain.
>
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