jiffies vs real time

[William Cohen]

The number of jiffies per second varies based on architecture and 
distribution. As a result of this, the systemtap.samples/pfaults.exp 
times out because the test runs for too long on the various i386 
platforms, e.g.  RHEL4-U2, FC4 and i386 rawhide. On i386 machines 250 
jiffies/second would cause the completion of the test to occur 40 
seconds after the start, longer than the 30 seconds allowed in the test.

Could the translator allow the use of time units like seconds or 
millsecond with "probe timer"? This would avoid having to revise the 
tests when different numbers of jiffies per second are encountered. It 
would also allow people to write tests the generate a report every x 
seconds in a portable manner.

-Will