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TVTOHZ(9)              NetBSD Kernel Developer's Manual              TVTOHZ(9)


NAME

     tvtohz -- convert time interval to tick count


SYNOPSIS

     #include <sys/time.h>

     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 FreeBSD 3.0 and was ported to
     NetBSD 4.0 as a part of timecounter(9) framework.


AUTHORS

     This manual page was written by Kelly Yancey <kbyanc@posi.net>.

NetBSD 5.1                     November 24, 2008                    NetBSD 5.1