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Re: Does cyg_current_time() wrap?
On 2008-01-09, Gary Thomas <gary@mlbassoc.com> wrote:
> Rob Duncan wrote:
>> Is cyg_tick_count_t always 64-bits wide? Is it valid to assume that
>> the values returned by cyg_current_time() will never wrap around (in
>> practice)?
>
> Yes & yes
I guess it depends on whether you plan for any of your products
to run for 584.5 million years without a reset or power outage
That's assuming a 1ms tick. With a 10ms tick, you're up to
over 5 billion years, so that's probably safe.
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