Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 28 Mar 2000 13:05:09 -0500 (EST) | From | Mark Hahn <> | Subject | Re: Timestamp counters on SMP |
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> Why would you want to use TSC in the user space? Coherent time and TSC
for timing, of course, without the overhead of a syscall.
> are two different things. I think relying on TSC content in the user > space is like relying on content of any other register, we don't expect > eax to have any particular value ;-)
uh, sure we do. eax DAMNED well better contain whatever I put in it last.
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