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Followup to: <3DB60363.8040104@pobox.com> By author: Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@pobox.com> In newsgroup: linux.dev.kernel > > In terms of implementation, I think it's way too x86-specific... some > of the vsyscall infrastructure can be more generic, making it easier for > other arches to implement the same functionality. Also use of TSC isn't > a terribly good idea... > Sure it is: on the systems which have a working TSC it is extremely efficient -- cheap and high precision. -hpa -- <hpa@transmeta.com> at work, <hpa@zytor.com> in private! "Unix gives you enough rope to shoot yourself in the foot." http://www.zytor.com/~hpa/puzzle.txt <amsp@zytor.com> - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/ | ||||||||||||
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