site_archiver@lists.apple.com Delivered-To: darwin-kernel@lists.apple.com -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Use 'sysctl kern.clockrate'. On my machine this returns: kern.clockrate: hz = 100, tick = 10000, profhz = 100, stathz = 100 The one you want is 'tick': 10000usecs You can get this value in your app. with a call to sysctl() using the defines in /usr/include/sys/sysctl.h. HTH. On Oct 26, 2004, at 8:23 AM, Pierre Jomain wrote:

Hi all,

I need to know what is the quantum (in time or cycles) of the Darwin scheduler built in Mac OS X.3. I tried to look at the source ... but it's like finding a needle in a haystack!

Thanks in advance,

Pierre

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