From:	mat_carter AT bio-rad DOT com
Newsgroups:	comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject:	Encoding Pentium RDTSC Instruction
Date:	20 Nov 1996 10:26:37 GMT
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I'm trying to use the Pentium RDTSC instruction to time my code, but the GNU 
assembler (AS.EXE) tells me it's an unknown 386 instruction.  I always compile
via GCC using the -m486 option but if I use -m586 it chucks an error.

Do I need a patch or the latest release of DJGPP (preferably not all of it - again)
or can someone tell me how to code up the instruction so that it can be passed
thru to AS.EXE via inline asm or an x.S file - I guess in binary format?

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