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List:       freebsd-arch
Subject:    Re: new monotime() call for all architectures.
From:       Mark Murray <mark () grondar ! za>
Date:       2000-11-18 22:50:57
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> > Then where? clock.h has already been thoroughly objected to.
> 
> clock.c is a reasonable place for it.  On i386's, it needs to access
> `tsc_present' which is currently only in clock.c.  How much more
> (or less) efficient is the inline version?

One instruction versus oneinstruction-plus-function-call-overhead.

> <machine/random.h> is another reasonable place for it.

Sorta, except that other folks are saying that they want this too.

sys/systm.h?

M
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