Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 29 Jul 1999 00:44:02 +0200 | From | Jamie Lokier <> | Subject | Re: PATCH: POSIX 1003.1b timer minor fixes |
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Philipp Rumpf wrote: > Now when you'd use a fake rdtsc value, you'd basically sacrifice any > debugging use of rdtsc for the very limited exact time case.
Only when the clock is slowed, in which case you'd be sacrificing real time accuracy by not trapping rdtsc. If you're counting cycles for debugging instead that's a different matter. I'm sure it's not hard to turn off the trap.
-- Jamie
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