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

[David S. Miller]

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
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