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Re: New <time.h> material.
- To: Kaz Kylheku <kaz at ashi dot footprints dot net>
- Subject: Re: New <time.h> material.
- From: Ulrich Drepper <drepper at redhat dot com>
- Date: 01 Mar 2000 01:06:52 -0800
- Cc: Andreas Jaeger <aj at suse dot de>, GNU libc testers <libc-alpha at sourceware dot cygnus dot com>
- References: <Pine.LNX.4.10.10002292142550.7057-100000@ashi.FootPrints.net>
- Reply-To: drepper at cygnus dot com (Ulrich Drepper)
Kaz Kylheku <kaz@ashi.footprints.net> writes:
> I do not believe that any special kernel support is required for a useful
> implementation of these, and currently don't forsee any major obstacles.
One thing you should do is take a look at SGI clock_* interface. It
provides a way to access timestamp counters. I want to have this as
well. Most modern processors have this capability even if Alpha's is
so horrily stupid.
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