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Cc: Tim Kientzle <kientzle@freebsd.org>, current@freebsd.org,
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Subject: Re: Suggestions on Avoiding syscall Overhead
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des@des.no (Dag-Erling Sm=F8rgrav) writes:
> gettimeofday(2) returns a value in microseconds, but this does not
> necessarily mean that it has microsecond precision.

s/precision/resolution/

DES
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Dag-Erling Sm=F8rgrav - des@des.no