Date: Thu, 16 Nov 2000 18:24:40 +0100 From: Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@critter.freebsd.dk> To: Mark Murray <mark@grondar.za> Cc: arch@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: new monotime() call for all architectures. Message-ID: <22614.974395480@critter> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Fri, 17 Nov 2000 08:55:04 %2B0200." <200011170655.eAH6tCJ05746@gratis.grondar.za>
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In message <200011170655.eAH6tCJ05746@gratis.grondar.za>, Mark Murray writes: >Hi all > >I need a fast-as-possible "time" inside the kernel to help >speed up the /dev/random device. I say "time", because although >it needs to be a function of time (preferably accurate and linear), >it has no need whatsoever to be "real time", so a simple counter >is quite OK. Please don't call it *time() when it isn't returning that. monoticks(), monojiffies(), monocycles(), monomumble(), anything but monotime(). -- Poul-Henning Kamp | UNIX since Zilog Zeus 3.20 phk@FreeBSD.ORG | TCP/IP since RFC 956 FreeBSD committer | BSD since 4.3-tahoe Never attribute to malice what can adequately be explained by incompetence. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-arch" in the body of the message
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