Re: jiffy.

2003-03-31 Thread Anthony Naggs
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Wilkinson,Alex <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes >erm...what are jiffies ? http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=jiffy The last definition on the page starts: jiffy n. 1. The duration of one tick of the system clock on your computer (see tick

Re: jiffy.

2003-03-31 Thread Wilkinson,Alex
erm...what are jiffies ? - aW Sorry; I'll be more specific. I'm porting a deadline-scheduler from Linux over to FreeBSD that determines deadines by using jiffies. For example, process 1's deadline is when jiffies=10 and so on. I just discovered the global variable

Re: jiffy.

2003-03-31 Thread Dag-Erling Smørgrav
"Evan S." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Yes, but it would be easier to answer your question if you told us > > what you need the information for. > Sorry; I'll be more specific. I'm porting a deadline-scheduler from Linux over > to FreeBSD that determines deadines by using jiffies. For example,

Re: jiffy.

2003-03-31 Thread Evan S.
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 > Yes, but it would be easier to answer your question if you told us > what you need the information for. Sorry; I'll be more specific. I'm porting a deadline-scheduler from Linux over to FreeBSD that determines deadines by using jiffies. For example

Re: jiffy.

2003-03-30 Thread Dag-Erling Smørgrav
"Evan S." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I'm wondering if FreeBSD-current has anything similar to Linux jiffies? Yes, but it would be easier to answer your question if you told us what you need the information for. DES -- Dag-Erling Smørgrav - [EMAIL PROTECTED] __

Re: jiffy.

2003-03-30 Thread Anthony Naggs
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Evan S. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes >Hello, > >I'm wondering if FreeBSD-current has anything similar to Linux jiffies? This level of question is probably best asked on freebsd-questions. That said, probably want you is: man 2 gettimeofday Tony ___

jiffy.

2003-03-30 Thread Evan S.
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hello, I'm wondering if FreeBSD-current has anything similar to Linux jiffies? Thanks, Evan :-) -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.1 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQE+h1pYECYZSrUV88QRAo9DAKDm6D40Z7/tYuseLzrKcQg669ic7gCgzxGS yyVDuJQlOWiMCWfWrKZEMNw=