Date: Wed, 18 Jun 1997 06:22:47 -0600 From: "Justin T. Gibbs" <gibbs@plutotech.com> To: Simon Shapiro <Shimon@i-Connect.Net> Cc: FreeBSD-Hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: High Resolution Timers, How? Message-ID: <199706181124.FAA19300@pluto.plutotech.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Wed, 18 Jun 1997 01:33:55 PDT." <XFMail.970618013355.Shimon@i-Connect.Net>
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>Hi Y'all, > >I am in need for a precise, high resolution timer within the kernel. >I need it to time certain instructions, functions, and I/O events. If you only need high resolution "time of day" functionality, use microtime(). >The best i could find is a global variable called time which claims >to have a usec resolution but; Either I am exceptionally lucky and >always hit it on a x000000 resolution, or it is not telling the >truth. i need a timer that will increment in usec resolution or >as close to it as I can get. Were you looking at lbolt? -- Justin T. Gibbs =========================================== FreeBSD: Turning PCs into workstations ===========================================
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