Re: Timestamp counters on SMP

From: Boris Okun (bokun@home.com)
Date: Tue Mar 28 2000 - 14:18:42 EST


Mark Hahn wrote:

> > Where do you need this? And how will your user space run on platforms
> > without TSC?
>
> ia32, sparc, pa-risc, alpha and probably mips and ppc all have
> user-visible clock cycle counters. anyone interested in high-res
> timing has been using them for years.

That does not answer my questions. Let me try again:

Do you know of any application using TSC?
If yes, how does this application work on i386?

Boris

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