Date: Tue, 15 May 2001 11:30:24 -0500 From: Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> To: dave <dleimbac@earthlink.net> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Gettimeofday Again... Message-ID: <15105.22944.435184.904578@guru.mired.org> In-Reply-To: <29181216@toto.iv>
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dave <dleimbac@earthlink.net> types: > Well I have been on the IRC in and out of mail list archives and cannot get > a good answer to this question... > > Why does gettimeofday perform so poorly on FreeBSD vs the same hardware on > Linux 2.4.2? Check the -questions archive. The first time this came up, someone claimed that some bit of data was being cached by the Linux gettimeofday call, but not by FreeBSD. The more interesting question is which runs a *single* call to gettimeofday faster, as that's the more likely scenario. <mike -- Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> http://www.mired.org/home/mwm/ Independent WWW/Perforce/FreeBSD/Unix consultant, email for more information. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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