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Subject: Re: [Xenomai-help] xntbase_get_jiffies in user space?
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To: Thomas Necker <thomas.necker@domain.hid>
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Thomas Necker wrote:
>>> The other option would be to extend this skin with a 
>> Xenomai-specific 
>>> syscall returning this value, in a similar way than 
>> tm_getm(), which 
>>> returns the TSC converted to nanoseconds.
>>>
>> Like the attached patch does.
> 
> Thanks for the quick patch. It seems necessary to change the call
> ticks = xntbase_get_jiffies(&psos_tbase)
> to
> ticks = xntbase_get_jiffies(psos_tbase)

Ack.

> in syscall.c for the patch to work.
> Will this change become part of the regular Xenomai release?
>

Yes, this extension makes a lot of sense in the pSOS context.

-- 
Philippe.