Re: Timestamp counters on SMP

From: Mark Hahn (hahn@coffee.psychology.mcmaster.ca)
Date: Tue Mar 28 2000 - 13:05:09 EST


> Why would you want to use TSC in the user space? Coherent time and TSC

for timing, of course, without the overhead of a syscall.

> are two different things. I think relying on TSC content in the user
> space is like relying on content of any other register, we don't expect
> eax to have any particular value ;-)

uh, sure we do. eax DAMNED well better contain whatever I put in it last.

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