gettimeofday_rt available?

[Jens Köhler]

Thank you for the example. For what exactly do I need the double buffering, what  could happen? I guess when RTAI is running, linux kernel functions are stopped. 

Best regards,
Jens



> Jens Köhler wrote:
> > Hi,
> > 
> > I have a linux pc where the time is updated by a ntp server. How can I get the time in a rtai module? I need it for a time stamp(milli seconds).
> > In a mail from 2003 I found the function gettimeofday_rt mentioned. Is it avaible?
> 
> Just the first thing that comes to my mind.
> Use Linux kernel timer function that repeats itself calling gettimeofday 
> at each execution making it available in a global module structure. 
> Adopt a double buffering scheme for the structure, to avoid interfering 
> while it's being updated.
> I think that you can use do_gettimeofday directly.
> 
> Paolo.
> 
> 
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