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Date:      Fri, 17 Nov 2000 13:14:23 -0700 (MST)
From:      Nate Williams <nate@yogotech.com>
To:        Jonathan Lemon <jlemon@flugsvamp.com>
Cc:        Nate Williams <nate@yogotech.com>, Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@critter.freebsd.dk>, mark@grondar.za, chat@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: new monotime() call for all architectures.
Message-ID:  <14869.37279.358941.976183@nomad.yogotech.com>
In-Reply-To: <20001117141037.E19895@prism.flugsvamp.com>
References:  <20001117135523.B20231@futuresouth.com> <26172.974492540@critter> <14869.36912.901949.718314@nomad.yogotech.com> <20001117141037.E19895@prism.flugsvamp.com>

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> > > >> 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()?


Nate


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