RE: [ECOS] clock resolution

[Gary Thomas <gthomas@cambridge.redhat.com>]

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On 23-Apr-2001 Micha³ Oleñczuk wrote:
> Hi,
> I am beginner in eCos programming and I have some problems:
> 
> I want to set real time clock resolution to 1000 ticks/sec (or higher). Is
> it available to set it from software using cyg_clock_set_resolution() ?
> Setting dividend and divisor in cyg_resolution_t structure gives no effect
> (cyg_clock_get_resolution() gives the same before-setting resolution value
> =100).
> I changed it in eCos ConfigTool, and after calling
> cyg_clock_get_resolution() I got my setted resolution resolution, but some
> function like cyg_thread_delay() or alarm functions work the same as with
> default resolution value.

How do you mean "worked the same"?  cyg_thread_delay() takes a number of 'ticks'
as it's argument, so the only way to see if the value changes is by using some
outside observation (measure against a wall clock, for example).

> 
> How to get 1000 or more ticks for a second ????

What platform are you using?