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NAME="KERNEL-CLOCKS">Clocks</H1
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>cyg_clock_create, cyg_clock_delete, cyg_clock_to_counter, cyg_clock_set_resolution, cyg_clock_get_resolution, cyg_real_time_clock, cyg_current_time&nbsp;--&nbsp;Provide system clocks</DIV
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>#include &lt;cyg/kernel/kapi.h&gt;
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>void cyg_clock_create</CODE
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>void cyg_clock_to_counter</CODE
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>void cyg_clock_set_resolution</CODE
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>cyg_resolution_t cyg_clock_get_resolution</CODE
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>cyg_handle_t cyg_real_time_clock</CODE
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>Description</H2
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>In the eCos kernel clock objects are a special form of <A
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>counter</A
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> objects. They are attached to
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a specific type of hardware, clocks that generate ticks at very
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>In a default configuration the kernel provides a single clock
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>CYGVAR_KERNEL_COUNTERS_CLOCK</TT
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>Applications can create and destroy additional clocks if desired,
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clock object, and the third argument provides the kernel with the
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memory needed to hold this object. This clock will not actually tick
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by itself. Instead it is the responsibility of application code to
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initialize a suitable hardware timer to generate interrupts at the
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appropriate frequency, install an interrupt handler for this, and
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>cyg_counter_tick</TT
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of seconds or milliseconds. If the calling code, whether the
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>The main reason for this is that it accurately reflects the
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>The information needed to perform these conversions is the clock
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resolution. This is a structure with two fields, a dividend and a
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resolution's dividend and divisor will therefore be 10000000 to 1, and
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typical values for these might be 1000000000 and 100. If the clock
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>The default frequency for the real-time clock on any platform is
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