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PostPosted: Fri Jun 07, 2002 2:40 am    Post subject: Jiffies? Reply with quote

What are they and why do I need them?

So if I need them, how many do I use?

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PostPosted: Fri Jun 07, 2002 1:51 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

The number of elapsed ticks since the system was started; it is set to 0 during kernel initialization and incremented by 1 when a timer interrupt occurs, that is, on every tick.

this comes from the "Understanding the Linux Kernel" by Daniel P. Bovet and Marco Cesati
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