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From: Ralf Baechle <ralf@linux-mips.org>
To: Gilad Benjamini <yaelgilad@myrealbox.com>
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Subject: Re: Getting Time Difference
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On Thu, Jan 16, 2003 at 06:48:09PM +0200, Gilad Benjamini wrote:

> I am porting code from a x86 platform.
> That code uses rdtsc and cpu_khz to compute
> the time difference between two events. Jiffies aren't good enough in this 
> case.
> 
> Looking through header files I can find a few MIPS replacements.
> What is the "right" one to use ?
> 
> What is the best way to change the code so it can compile
> and run on both platforms ?

Try do_gettimeofday().

  Ralf