From owner-freebsd-hackers Wed Jun 18 01:58:26 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id BAA06486 for hackers-outgoing; Wed, 18 Jun 1997 01:58:26 -0700 (PDT) Received: from genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au [129.127.96.120]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id BAA06481 for ; Wed, 18 Jun 1997 01:58:20 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from msmith@localhost) by genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (8.8.5/8.7.3) id SAA21423; Wed, 18 Jun 1997 18:28:13 +0930 (CST) From: Michael Smith Message-Id: <199706180858.SAA21423@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> Subject: Re: High Resolution Timers, How? In-Reply-To: from Simon Shapiro at "Jun 18, 97 01:33:55 am" To: Shimon@i-Connect.Net (Simon Shapiro) Date: Wed, 18 Jun 1997 18:28:12 +0930 (CST) Cc: FreeBSD-Hackers@FreeBSD.ORG X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL28 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Simon Shapiro stands accused of saying: > > I am in need for a precise, high resolution timer within the kernel. > I need it to time certain instructions, functions, and I/O events. microtime() > Simon -- ]] Mike Smith, Software Engineer msmith@gsoft.com.au [[ ]] Genesis Software genesis@gsoft.com.au [[ ]] High-speed data acquisition and (GSM mobile) 0411-222-496 [[ ]] realtime instrument control. (ph) +61-8-8267-3493 [[ ]] Unix hardware collector. "Where are your PEZ?" The Tick [[