compile time error when calling getmicrotime()

[Poul-Henning Kamp]

In message <20030327142643.GA58757 at postel.libkvm.org>, freebsd at libkvm.org write
s:
>hi,
>
>i am trying to call getmicrotime(&tv) in a program but i
>get the following error when compiling :
>
>/tmp/ccfMfSM6.o(.text+0xe): undefined reference to `getmicrotime'
>
>yes, i have declared '#include <sys/time.h>'  :-)
>
>FreeBSD 5.0-RELEASE-p4 i386
>FreeBSD 4.7-RELEASE-p9 i386

That is a kernel function you are trying to call.

Use gettimeofday(2)

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