Date: Mon, 31 Mar 2003 23:40:59 +0200 From: des@ofug.org (Dag-Erling =?iso-8859-1?q?Sm=F8rgrav?=) To: evms@bu.edu Cc: hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: jiffy. Message-ID: <xzp1y0nfc44.fsf@flood.ping.uio.no> In-Reply-To: <200303311629.07310.evms@bu.edu> ("Evan S."'s message of "Mon, 31 Mar 2003 16:29:06 -0500") References: <200303301558.01010.evms@bu.edu> <xzpllywgxkh.fsf@flood.ping.uio.no> <200303311629.07310.evms@bu.edu>
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"Evan S." <evms@bu.edu> 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=20 > to FreeBSD that determines deadines by using jiffies. For example, proces= s=20 > 1's deadline is when jiffies=3D10 and so on. I just discovered the global= =20 > variable 'ticks' which seems to suit my needs, is this correct? Yes - as far as I know our ticks and Linux's jiffies are exactly the same thing. DES --=20 Dag-Erling Sm=F8rgrav - des@ofug.org
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