Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 7 Dec 2000 14:13:04 +0000 (GMT) | From | Tigran Aivazian <> | Subject | Re: Microsecond accuracy |
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On Thu, 7 Dec 2000, Tigran Aivazian wrote:
> Hi, > > How about TSC? I know this has disadvantages such as: > > a) not all machines have TSC
while we are on this subject, please let me emphasize that you should _not_ be using cpuid instruction to detect the presence of TSC but should parse the /proc/cpuinfo file. There are many valid reasons why Linux's idea of TSC presence may not be the same as hardware's (cpuid instruction) idea.
Regards, Tigran
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