Date: Fri, 17 Nov 2000 13:08:16 -0700 (MST) From: Nate Williams <nate@yogotech.com> To: Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@critter.freebsd.dk> Cc: mark@grondar.za, arch@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: new monotime() call for all architectures. Message-ID: <14869.36912.901949.718314@nomad.yogotech.com> In-Reply-To: <26172.974492540@critter> References: <20001117135523.B20231@futuresouth.com> <26172.974492540@critter>
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> >> >> Ok, I just thought the "mono" in his function name is for monotonic. If > >> >> you are staying on one processor it will work, but if the timestamps > >> >> have scheduling inbetween the timestamps and you land on a different > >> >> processor it won't be monotonic anymore. > >> > > >> >It's close enough. :) > >> > >> If it isn't dealing properly with async PCC/TSC counters on SMP machines > >> it shouldn't be called "monoanyting". > >> > >> I guess I totally object to the name now :-) > > > >OK, how about bogotime(9)? ;) > > It's not returning units of any known time. "bogocount()" maybe... How about 'slushycounter()'? Nate To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-arch" in the body of the message
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