Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: [patch] fastcall-2.3.32-B6, SYSENTER/SYSEXIT support | Date | Tue, 14 Dec 1999 18:24:45 -0500 | From | "Brandon S. Allbery KF8NH" <> |
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In message <Pine.GSO.4.10.9912141514290.16347-100000@weyl.math.psu.edu>, Alexan der Viro writes: +----- | On Tue, 14 Dec 1999, Linus Torvalds wrote: | > I mostly agree, although gettimeofday() under X is actually _the_ most | > common one. | | ??? Are you serious? What is it used for? +--->8
Every X event carries a timestamp. Every expose event, every mouse-move event while an application is tracking a drag (lots!), etc. triggers a gettimeofday() call.
-- brandon s. allbery os/2,linux,solaris,perl allbery@kf8nh.apk.net system administrator kthkrb,heimdal,gnome,rt allbery@ece.cmu.edu carnegie mellon / electrical and computer engineering kf8nh We are Linux. Resistance is an indication that you missed the point.
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