[ECOS] Microseconds

[Gary Thomas]

On 13-Jun-00 Jurica Baricevic wrote:
> Hi.
> 
> I need a function similar to QueryPerformanceCounter() on Windows CE. That
> is, I would like to have a 'clock' with resolution of 1 microsecond.
> Unfortunately, I didn't find anything in eCos documentation that could lead
> me to appropriate kernel function. Did I miss something?
> Naturally, if there is no such a function I will have to implement it by
> myself. I guess that I will need to use both cyg_current_time() and
> HAL_CLOCK_READ(). Namely, I want to get both times, convert them to
> microseconds and add them together. Is this a correct way? Any hints?
> 

This is the correct approach.  Look at the kernel test 'tm_basic' for some
examples of how you use these values and convert them to "people" terms.