api work

veilid-core/src/xx/tick_task.rs

@@ -32,6 +32,14 @@ impl TickTask {
             single_future: SingleFuture::new(),
         }
     }
+    pub fn new_ms(tick_period_ms: u32) -> Self {
+        Self {
+            last_timestamp_us: AtomicU64::new(0),
+            tick_period_us: (tick_period_ms as u64) * 1000u64,
+            routine: OnceCell::new(),
+            single_future: SingleFuture::new(),
+        }
+    }
     pub fn new(tick_period_sec: u32) -> Self {
         Self {
             last_timestamp_us: AtomicU64::new(0),

veilid-core/src/xx/tools.rs

@@ -41,6 +41,10 @@ pub fn secs_to_timestamp(secs: f64) -> u64 {
     (secs * 1000000.0f64) as u64
 }
 
+pub fn ms_to_us(ms: u32) -> u64 {
+    (ms as u64) * 1000u64
+}
+
 // Calculate retry attempt with logarhythmic falloff
 pub fn retry_falloff_log(
     last_us: u64,