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Re: jiffies vs real time
- From: "Frank Ch. Eigler" <fche at elastic dot org>
- To: systemtap at sources dot redhat dot com
- Date: Fri, 11 Nov 2005 23:22:49 -0500
- Subject: Re: jiffies vs real time
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Hi -
wcohen wrote:
> The number of jiffies per second varies based on architecture and
> distribution. [...] Could the translator allow the use of time
> units like seconds or millsecond with "probe timer"?
Of course. bug #1276 was opened months ago, and includes the
suggested "timer.ms(NN)" probe point. It was pointed out multiple
times in the interim as a good little exercise for someone who wants
to learn hacking on the translator.
- FChE