I have written a small assembly fragment to read the TB register that runs
under Linux (YDL/BLL). What is the definition of a "tick" or "jiffie" under
Linux. When some code is run under MacOS (400MHz G4) the results are
*faster* (the numbers returned are lower) than when I run on a 500MHz G4. I
appreciate any input.
Steve...
Steve Poole
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On Wed, 21 Feb 2001 23:24:57 -0600, Steve Poole [off-list ref] wrote:
I have written a small assembly fragment to read the TB register that runs
under Linux (YDL/BLL). What is the definition of a "tick" or "jiffie" under
Linux. When some code is run under MacOS (400MHz G4) the results are
*faster* (the numbers returned are lower) than when I run on a 500MHz G4. I
appreciate any input.
I beleive there are 1*HZ jiffies in one second. Used in the kernel's timer_list struct (to name one use), which basically has the kernel run a function at a specific time. ex, setting the 'expires' value to (jiffies + HZ) will cause it to run one second from now.
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