Re: [patch] fastcall-2.3.32-B6, SYSENTER/SYSEXIT support

Chris Wedgwood (cw@f00f.org)
Wed, 15 Dec 1999 13:36:35 +1300

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> This is not that uncommon - there's a LOT of programs that care deeply
> about wall-clock time. You'll find a few games avoid system calls like the
> plague, but still call gettimeofday() because it's _really_ important to
> know how time progresses..

Surely many such applications should be able to use the processor
timestamp with suitable calibration?

-cw

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