From:	rws AT inko DOT no (Rolf Welde Skeie)
Subject:	Re: questions about port and timer functions
20 Jan 1998 13:52:45 -0800 :
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To:	"Patrick J. Fay" <pfay AT acl DOT lanl DOT gov>
Cc:	Benjamin Riefenstahl <benny AT crocodial DOT de>, gnu-win32 AT cygnus DOT com

Patrick J. Fay wrote:
> The routine below will time to the clock tick level (at least on
> a pentium pro). Note that you have to put in the clock frequency.

A sidenote: on a SMP you can get corrupt values as the clock is
associated with the *current* cpu you are running on. You have
to be sure that you always use the same cpu...
Any takers on a MT-safe implementation?
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