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    SubjectRe: loaded router, excessive getnstimeofday in oprofile
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    From: Rick Jones <rick.jones2@hp.com>
    Date: Thu, 28 Aug 2008 13:29:30 -0700

    > Has the request "hit the trading system" when it hits the NIC, or
    > when it hits the application executing the trade? If the SEC calls
    > for when it hits the NIC, then none of what is done today is really
    > accurate/correct and one would need to start using NIC HW
    > timestamps, synchronized with the host and the other NICs in the
    > system no?

    The SEC isn't mandating anything here, stop framing it that way :-)

    People simply won't trade with a firm if they find out that trades
    there are executed out of order.

    They are simply trying to make things as fair as possible.


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