[etherlab-users] get_cycles() and cpu_khz

[Sergej Stepanov]

> Hi everyone,
> 
> I'm currently developing on the EtherCAT master release 1.4.
> 
> I got some feedback from some serveral people, that they had problems to
> compile the master because the get_cycles() and cpu_khz functionality is
> only available on some Intel architectures. I did some research: It
> looks as though the symbols are defined for all architectures, but if
> the timestamp counter is not avaliable, the get_cycles() returns zero.
> 
> Does this match with your experiences?
> 
If i am correct, you need it for timers.
I hope that you will have real multiplatform solution with hrtimers.
CONFIG_HIGH_RES_TIMERS=y
Regards.

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