On Tuesday 13 July 2010 03:34:50 pm Samuel Xu wrote:
> Hi, Cascardo:
> Thanks for reply! I just want to get the guide on some sample code of
> HPET usage invoked from kernel mode driver.
You must not use hpet directly to keep track of the time.
There is HW which does not have an hpet, or the kernel may choose a better
(faster, eventually broken hpet timers workarounds, whatever...)
time source to retrieve the time.
> Any directly guide?
Have a look at: include/linux/time.h
An example making a bit use of it is:
drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq_ondemand.c
grepping for time shows some examples.
Thomas
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