High Resolution Timers

High resolution timers (HRTs) bypass the traditional 10 millisecond clock interface to expose the granularity of the physical clock interrupt from the hardware. Thus, the HRT interface allows a real time process to take control of one processor (of a multi-processor system) and operate to any required degree of precision in timing events.

This is the last element needed to allow traditional real-time applications to be run under Solaris.

For more information, see the System Interface Guide.