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List:       linux-kernel
Subject:    Re: [patch] fastcall-2.3.32-B6, SYSENTER/SYSEXIT support
From:       "Brandon S. Allbery KF8NH" <allbery () kf8nh ! apk ! net>
Date:       1999-12-14 23:24:45
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In message <Pine.GSO.4.10.9912141514290.16347-100000@weyl.math.psu.edu>, 
Alexan
der Viro writes:
+-----
| On Tue, 14 Dec 1999, Linus Torvalds wrote:
| > I mostly agree, although gettimeofday() under X is actually _the_ most
| > common one.
| 
| ??? Are you serious? What is it used for?
+--->8

Every X event carries a timestamp.  Every expose event, every mouse-move 
event while an application is tracking a drag (lots!), etc. triggers a 
gettimeofday() call.

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carnegie mellon / electrical and computer engineering			kf8nh
    We are Linux. Resistance is an indication that you missed the point.



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