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Re: questions about port and timer functions


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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