Hi!

On 13:43 Sun 30 Nov     , Mulyadi Santosa wrote:
> Hi All

...

> 2. I suggest to use TSC (TimeStamp Clock) if you use x86 (32 and 64
> bit). I don't say gettimeofday() won't meet your need, but I think
> reading TSC register is the fastest code path you can get to measure
> timing.

This sounds great. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time_Stamp_Counter

This seems to have some implications:
- The timestamp counter is not synchronized on all CPUs/cores ==> set the CPU
affinity before starting the Benchmark.
- The time unit is CPU clock cycles or something else (processor dependant),
not microseconds. Frequency scaling and maybe APM_CPU_IDLE are probably not
such a great idea...
        -Michi
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programing a layer 3+4 network protocol for mesh networks
see http://michaelblizek.twilightparadox.com


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