Re: Does 2.6.26 provide nanosecond time to the user?

[Chris Friesen]

Reg Clemens wrote:
> Im confused.
> (sorry I havent been following the linux-kernel mailing list on this)
>
> Does 2.6.26 use nanosecond time
>     (1) internally?
>     (2) provide it to the user?

It's available to userspace via clock_gettime(), but whether it really 
is accurate to sub-microseconds will depend on the specific version of 
the kernel and hardware architecture being used.

Chris
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