From owner-freebsd-current Fri Sep 4 09:10:59 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id JAA12473 for freebsd-current-outgoing; Fri, 4 Sep 1998 09:10:59 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from word.smith.net.au (castles315.castles.com [208.214.167.15]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id JAA12468 for ; Fri, 4 Sep 1998 09:10:55 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from mike@word.smith.net.au) Received: from word.smith.net.au (LOCALHOST [127.0.0.1]) by word.smith.net.au (8.9.1/8.8.8) with ESMTP id QAA03644; Fri, 4 Sep 1998 16:04:22 GMT (envelope-from mike@word.smith.net.au) Message-Id: <199809041604.QAA03644@word.smith.net.au> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0.2 2/24/98 To: Poul-Henning Kamp cc: freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: bzero bandwidth computation In-reply-to: Your message of "Fri, 04 Sep 1998 17:48:40 +0200." <4322.904924120@critter.freebsd.dk> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Fri, 04 Sep 1998 09:04:21 -0700 From: Mike Smith Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > >> >i586_bzero() bandwidth = 173130193 bytes/sec > >> >bzero() bandwidth = 688705234 bytes/sec (!!!) > >> > > >> >Hrm, a bit fishy eh? > >> > >> APM strikes again I bet... Your CPU clock changed speed while it ran... > > > >Sounds like our clock code is totally screwed then. You have 12 > >days... 8) > > Sounds like out clock code is now good enough to show you that APM > has screwed you, as opposed to people asking you if your clock is > set right because your emails tend to timewarp... 8) I know my timezone is wrong. The problem here is that we're supposed to work on PC hardware. It would be nice if we could count on it being designed for precision timekeeping, but it looks like hardware vendors have other ideas. -- \\ Sometimes you're ahead, \\ Mike Smith \\ sometimes you're behind. \\ mike@smith.net.au \\ The race is long, and in the \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ end it's only with yourself. \\ msmith@cdrom.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message