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DKI
The High Resolution Timer API provides an access to fined grained counter source for application. This counter may be used for functions such as fine grained ordering of events or measurements of short segments of code.
The High Resolution Timer API is available from both user and microkernel execution context. Performance of a read access to the timer is in the order of memory speed, even if the access is made from a user execution context.
The API provides a read access to:
The current timer value.
The timer frequency.
The difference between the minimum and the maximum of the possible timer value.
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:
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Interface Stability | Evolving |
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