Date: Sun, 19 Nov 2000 00:52:20 +0200 From: Mark Murray <mark@grondar.za> To: Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au> Cc: arch@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: "Monotonic" counter/register call - commit candidate. Message-ID: <200011182252.eAIMqPJ13415@gratis.grondar.za> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0011190932340.767-100000@besplex.bde.org> ; from Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au> "Sun, 19 Nov 2000 09:47:55 %2B1100." References: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0011190932340.767-100000@besplex.bde.org>
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> > That function is kinda bloated; all I need is rdtsc() and its equivalents. > > I'm not sure about that. There are many interesting machine-dependent > counters. E.g., the counter for the number of instructions executed > increases at a similar rate to the TSC but is more random. I'm not looking for random. I'm looking for a fast counter. M -- Mark Murray Join the anti-SPAM movement: http://www.cauce.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-arch" in the body of the message
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