Re: Jiffies

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On 7/12/05, R.Kaushik Kumar <kaukum@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> hi all,
> 
> Is it possible to use "jiffies" in user space?
> if not can we convert some clock value (like
> gettimeofday()) into jiffies units?
> or any other way out?

Why would you ever, in userspace, need to know the number of timer
interrupts received since boot? What are you actually trying to do?
Maybe all you need is the time?

Thanks,
Nish

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