linux-kernel - Re: Does 2.6.26 provide nanosecond time to the user?

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Date:	Thu, 17 Jul 2008 21:46:07 -0600
From:	"Chris Friesen" <cfriesen@...tel.com>
To:	Reg Clemens <reg@....com>
CC:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Does 2.6.26 provide nanosecond time to the user?

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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