Re: X15 alpha release: as fast as TUX but in user space (fwd)

David S. Miller
2001-04-30T07:51:51Z

H. Peter Anvin writes:
> RDTSC in Crusoe processors does basically this.

Hmmm, one of the advantages of using a seperate tick register for this
constant clock is that you can still do cycle accurate asm code
analysis even when the cpu is down clocked.

The joys of compatability I suppose :-)

Later,
David S. Miller
davem@redhat.com