NAME
tvtohz
- convert time interval to tick count
SYNOPSIS
int
tvtohz(
struct timeval *tv
)
DESCRIPTION
The
tvtohz(
)
function accepts a single argument
tv
which specifies the time interval over which to calculate the number
of system ticks that would elapse.
RETURN VALUES
Returns the integral number of system ticks expected to elapse in the given
interval, including the current tick.
SEE ALSO
microtime(9),
microuptime(9),
timecounter(9),
timeout(9)
HISTORY
The
tvtohz
function first appeared in
FreeBSD3.0
and was ported to
NetBSD4.0
as a part of
timecounter(9)
framework.
AUTHORS
This manual page was written by
Kelly Yancey <kbyanc@posi.net>
.