Re: 2 Questions about Linux

Perry Harrington (pedward@sun4.apsoft.com)
Mon, 2 Feb 1998 10:26:27 -0800 (PST)

> do_gettimeofday within the kernel, gettimeofday outside...
> resolution should be a few microseconds.

Thanks,
But what is the overhead of doing this? I'd like not to impact the flow of data
as much as possible (TCP driver). How much CPU can I expect that call to
chew up?

>
> Tom
>

--Perry

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