On Friday 10 March 2006 02:15, john stultz wrote: > On an x86-64 AMD server using nopmtimer/clocksource=tsc: > mainline vs TOD > gettimeofday(): 74.2% > clock_gettime(CLOCK_MONOTONIC): 77.4% > clock_gettime(CLOCK_REALTIME): 71.6% > > Hmmmm. I'm heading out of town for the weekend in a few moments, and I'd > really like to re-verify those numbers, but yea, that's a 25% > improvement. Might be too good to be true, but that should get Andi's > attention :)
What is clocksource=tsc? It doesn't exist on 64bit kernels. And what are the absolute numbers? And clock_gettime uses a completely different path from gettimeofday so if they have the same percentage your results look somewhat suspicious. -Andi - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-arch" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
