Messages in this thread | | | From | "David S. Miller" <> | Date | Mon, 30 Apr 2001 00:51:28 -0700 (PDT) | Subject | Re: X15 alpha release: as fast as TUX but in user space (fwd) |
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H. Peter Anvin writes: > RDTSC in Crusoe processors does basically this.
Hmmm, one of the advantages of using a seperate tick register for this constant clock is that you can still do cycle accurate asm code analysis even when the cpu is down clocked.
The joys of compatability I suppose :-)
Later, David S. Miller davem@redhat.com
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