Date: Fri, 17 Nov 2000 19:41:22 -0500 (EST) From: Peter Dufault <dufault@hda.com> To: Mark Murray <mark@grondar.za> Cc: John Hay <jhay@icomtek.csir.co.za>, John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.ORG>, arch@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: new monotime() call for all architectures. Message-ID: <200011180041.TAA10844@hda.hda.com> In-Reply-To: <200011172240.eAHMdtJ07828@gratis.grondar.za> from Mark Murray at "Nov 18, 2000 00:39:57 am"
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> Actually, it does mean "monotonic", but I don't need strictly > monotonic. The "time" info is used to improve the quality of the > harvested entropy, but it is not specifically counted, so the > errors introduced by different CPU's counters are "free" ontropy. almost_monotonic_sequence() (but Bruce will make me shorten it) Peter -- Peter Dufault (dufault@hda.com) Realtime development, Machine control, HD Associates, Inc. Fail-Safe systems, Agency approval To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-arch" in the body of the message
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