Hello Paolo
By timestamp do you mean that I must reference all times
with a call to rt_get_time() so that I should write
rt_sleep_until(rt_get_time() + mytime) ?
Daniel
>From: Paolo Mantegazza <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>To: daniel sheltraw <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Subject: Re: [rtl] time origin question
>Date: Fri, 12 May 2000 10:58:31 +0200
>
>daniel sheltraw wrote:
> >
> > Hello RTAI world
> >
> > This is specifically a RTAI question. The manual says that
> > rt_sleep_until(RTIME time) suspends execution of the currently running
> > task until "time" is reached. Question: does "time" start ticking of
> > start_rt_timer. If not when is the time origin.
> >
> > Thanks
> > Daniel
>
>RTAI timer keep an absoulute time whose origin is at boot time, no
>absoulte solar time.
>
>That implies that you must get a time stamp within your application to
>set a reference, form that point on you can sleep or sleep until.
>
>Ciao, Paolo.
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