Date: Fri, 17 Nov 2000 15:30:25 -0600 From: Ade Lovett <ade@FreeBSD.org> To: chat@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: new monotime() call for all architectures. Message-ID: <20001117153025.Q47823@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <14869.37279.358941.976183@nomad.yogotech.com>; from nate@yogotech.com on Fri, Nov 17, 2000 at 01:14:23PM -0700 References: <20001117135523.B20231@futuresouth.com> <26172.974492540@critter> <14869.36912.901949.718314@nomad.yogotech.com> <20001117141037.E19895@prism.flugsvamp.com> <14869.37279.358941.976183@nomad.yogotech.com>
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On Fri, Nov 17, 2000 at 01:14:23PM -0700, Nate Williams wrote: > [ -moved to chat ] > > > > > >> If it isn't dealing properly with async PCC/TSC counters on SMP machines > > > > >> it shouldn't be called "monoanyting". > > > > >> > > > > >> I guess I totally object to the name now :-) > > > > > > > > > >OK, how about bogotime(9)? ;) > > > > > > > > It's not returning units of any known time. "bogocount()" maybe... > > > > > > How about 'slushycounter()'? > > > > falseticker()? (Okay, probably too NTP specfic) > > randotonic()? nasdaq() But remember, past performance is no guarantee. Your counter may go down as well as up. Yadda, yadda.. -aDe -- Ade Lovett, Austin, TX. ade@FreeBSD.org FreeBSD: The Power to Serve http://www.FreeBSD.org/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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