[ECOS] Re: Time

[Grant Edwards <grante at visi dot com>]

In gmane.os.ecos.general, you wrote:

>>>>> Is there any equivalent function for "do_gettimeofday of
>>>>> Linux" in ECOS ?.
>>>> 
>>>> I think you mean simply gettimeofday(), which is implemented
>>>> as part of the POSIX package.
>> 
>>> I mean any function which provides the same informations as
>>> "do_gettimeofday of Linux".
>> 
>> You might get a useful answer if you actually explained what
>> that information is (what information you want).  The more
>> difficult you make it for people to figure out what you want,
>> the less likely you are to get help.

> Remeber that Shetty is trying to somehow shoehorn a Linux
> kernel device driver or protocol stack or something into eCos.

Ah, I didn't know that.  

Sucks to be him. ;) Porting kernel code/drivers from one OS to
another is pretty tough work.  In my experience (device drivers
mostly) it's usually easier to sit down with the original code,
write a spec for it, then start from scratch under the new OS.

> do_gettimeofday is a linux kernel function.

Ya know, I think I used to know that.

> Shetty seems to assume we all know the Linux kernel inside out
> and upside down.

Well, some of us do know certain corners of the Linux kernel
from certain angles, but assuming that we know any give feature
is definitely counter-productive.  :)

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