OAL - Timer Tests (Compact 2013)

3/26/2014

The OAL - Timer tests are comprised of the following.

In This Section

Test	Description
Compare All Three Timers Drift - Busy Sleep and OS Sleep	Check for drift, timing irregularities and other timer problems on the three clocks (GetTickCount, High-Performance, and Real-Time Clock) by comparing them with each other
Compare All Three Timers Drift Test - Periodic and Random OEMIdle	Check for drift, timing irregularities, and other timer problems on the three clocks (GetTickCount, High-Performance, and Real-Time Clock) by comparing them with each other under different system conditions
GetIdleTime Tests	Verifies the implementation of the GetIdleTime function
OAL High Performance Timer Tests	Verify the behavior of the high performance timer, accessed through the QueryPerformanceCounter interface
OAL Timer GetTickCount Tests	Verify the behavior of the system timer queried through the GetTickCount() API
Wall Clock Timer Tests	Measure drift on individual clocks