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Date: Mon, 30 Apr 2001 00:51:28 -0700 (PDT)
To: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@transmeta.com>
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Subject: Re: X15 alpha release: as fast as TUX but in user space (fwd)
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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
davem@redhat.com

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