[En-Nut-Discussion] NutGetTickClock rounding (again)

Nathan FakeLastName nategoose at gmail.com
Fri Jul 18 16:12:00 CEST 2008


>
> >> If the Linux calculation is fine, then let's take it: anyway, if the
> >>
> >
> > So are we then back to the following implementation proposal, which is
> the
> > generic case of Linux' msecs_to_jiffies function?
> >
> IMHO yes, and we have to keep all the possible cases listed in the Linux
> function (all possible relations between HZ & 1000ms/sec)

Since linux is gpl, it would either have to be rewritten or you could look
and see what the BSDs do.
Otherwise it would expose all future users of NutOs to being forced to
release their code under GPL.

Nathan



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