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Date: Thu, 11 Aug 2016 13:05:27 +0300
From: Konstantin Belousov <kostikbel@gmail.com>
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Subject: HPETs and userspace gettimeofday()
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I implemented fast userspace gettimeofday(2) support for machines which
have to use HPET for timecounters.  Details and measurements, as well as
the patch, are put at https://reviews.freebsd.org/D7473 .

I am interested in the testing by people using Core2 and older hardware.

Thanks.