=== ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lapo Luchini" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, January 24, 2002 12:34 PM Subject: Re: gettimeofday() does not returns usec resolution
> > Hmm. I do remember this patch. Can you submit this to cygwin-patches > > in the correct format: http://cygwin.com/contrib.html ? > > Given enough time, yes (never hacked that one, but it seems that only > winsup/cygwin/times.cc would need to be modified).. anyway of course I'm one of > the few that actually would like to have this feature so I guess there's no big > hurry. > > Of course the number reported by PerformanceTimer has an unknown offset with > system time (it appears to start at 0 at program start, but that's not clearly > specified) so I would have calculate an initial "offset" in the "old" way... this > would give 3-4 microsecond precision on "deltas" but an initial uncertainty of > the usual 15 milliseconds or so. As long as the calibration only occurs when someone is using gettimeofday, not on every cygwin1.dll load, then that sounds fine to me. Rob -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
