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[roosej at mcd.alcatel.be (Johan Vanroose)]

Joel Sherrill wrote:

> Fermi at aol.com wrote:
> >
> > How is the ticks_per_second set in rtems?
>
> It is set using confdefs.h as follows:
>
> #define CONFIGURE_MICROSECONDS_PER_TICK some_magic_number
>
> Be sure to do this before include <confdefs.h>
>
> The default setting is:
>
> #define CONFIGURE_MICROSECONDS_PER_TICK
> RTEMS_MILLISECONDS_TO_MICROSECONDS(10)
>
> FWIW, the history of confdefs.h is that it started as a test support
> mechanism to avoid putting configuration tables in EVERY test.  We
> got tired of maintaining that many configuration tables.  The
> confdefs.h scheme worked well enough that people starting using it
> in their applications.  Just prior to the release of 4.0, there was
> a burst of activity to finish up generalizing it.
>
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