Date: Fri, 04 Sep 1998 09:04:21 -0700 From: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au> To: Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@critter.freebsd.dk> Cc: freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: bzero bandwidth computation Message-ID: <199809041604.QAA03644@word.smith.net.au> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Fri, 04 Sep 1998 17:48:40 %2B0200." <4322.904924120@critter.freebsd.dk>
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> >> >i586_bzero() bandwidth = 173130193 bytes/sec > >> >bzero() bandwidth = 688705234 bytes/sec (!!!) > >> > > >> >Hrm, a bit fishy eh? > >> > >> APM strikes again I bet... Your CPU clock changed speed while it ran... > > > >Sounds like our clock code is totally screwed then. You have 12 > >days... 8) > > Sounds like out clock code is now good enough to show you that APM > has screwed you, as opposed to people asking you if your clock is > set right because your emails tend to timewarp... 8) I know my timezone is wrong. The problem here is that we're supposed to work on PC hardware. It would be nice if we could count on it being designed for precision timekeeping, but it looks like hardware vendors have other ideas. -- \\ Sometimes you're ahead, \\ Mike Smith \\ sometimes you're behind. \\ mike@smith.net.au \\ The race is long, and in the \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ end it's only with yourself. \\ msmith@cdrom.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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