Re: 2.2.0pre1 OOPS on boot.

Alan Cox (alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk)
Wed, 30 Dec 1998 20:06:09 +0000 (GMT)


> The "rdtsc" thing _is_ needed even for UP systems.
>
> Look at the code generated for do_gettimeofday() some time - it's a
> worthwhile optimization to do statically.

Statically != by CONFIG_xxx options. I'll see if I can get gcc to generate
the output I want.

> (And if you wonder why I care about gettimeofday(), just look at the
> system call distribution for a lot of programs, including most X
> programs).

I can see why its worth trying to do.

Ok

Alan

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