AW: [PATCH] Win32 equivalent to GetTickCount systemcall (i386)

[David Engraf]

> "David Engraf" <engraf.david@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
> 
> > This patch adds a new systemcall on i386 architectures returning the
> jiffies
> > value to the application.
> > As a kernel developer you can use jiffies but from the user space there
> is
> > no equivalent function which counts every millisecond like the Win32
> > GetTickCount.
> 
> You want a timer that never go backwards, right?
> 
> Use clock_gettime(CLOCK_MONOTONIC). It's the POSIX way to do this.
> 
> -Andi

Yes, clock_gettime works(CLOCK_MONOTONIC), thanks.

David


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