> > 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:
that's because your question is silly.
> Do you know of any application using TSC?
of course. I have several, and know of at least one benchmark
that uses the clock counter on any architecture that supports it.
> If yes, how does this application work on i386?
quite well, thank you!
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