--- -	2006-05-19 08:37:47.000000000 -0700
+++ posix.cc	2006-05-08 12:11:21.000000000 -0700
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@
 #include <errno.h>
 #include <time.h>
 #include <omnithread.h>
+#include <sys/times.h>
 
 #if (defined(__GLIBC__) && __GLIBC__ >= 2) || defined(__SCO_VERSION__) || defined(__aix__) || defined (__cygwin__)
 // typedef of struct timeval and gettimeofday();
@@ -266,6 +267,11 @@
 static size_t stack_size = 0;
 #endif
 
+#if defined(__linux__)
+static long ticks_per_second = 0;
+static long nanos_per_tick = 0;
+#endif
+
 //
 // Initialisation function (gets called before any user code).
 //
@@ -378,6 +384,11 @@
 #endif   /* PthreadDraftVersion */
 
 #endif   /* PthreadSupportThreadPriority */
+
+#if defined(__linux__)
+    ticks_per_second = sysconf(_SC_CLK_TCK);
+    nanos_per_tick = 1*1000*1000*1000 / ticks_per_second;
+#endif
 }
 
 omni_thread::init_t::~init_t(void)
@@ -855,10 +866,17 @@
 
 #if defined(__linux__) || defined(__aix__) || defined(__SCO_VERSION__) || defined(__darwin__) || defined(__macos__)
 
+#if defined(__linux__)
+    struct tms tms;
+    clock_t ticks = times(&tms);
+    abs.tv_sec = ticks / ticks_per_second;
+    abs.tv_nsec = (ticks % ticks_per_second) * nanos_per_tick;
+#else	/* __linux__ */
     struct timeval tv;
     gettimeofday(&tv, NULL); 
     abs.tv_sec = tv.tv_sec;
     abs.tv_nsec = tv.tv_usec * 1000;
+#endif	/* __linux__ */
 
 #else	/* __linux__ || __aix__ */