Subject: Re: [linux-audio-dev] best method for timing
From: Tim Goetze (tim_AT_quitte.de)
Date: Wed Apr 17 2002 - 02:14:28 EEST
xk wrote:
>In Windows I use the rdtsc assembler instruction. It returns a 64 bit
>integer (in EAX:EDX I think) which represent the amount of processors cycles
>that have passed from the last reset. Computing the difference between two
>values and taking into account the freq of the CPU (you have to figure it
>out somehow), you get a very accurate timer.
are you trying to fool somebody into writing a sequencer clock that
busy-waits on the cycle counter?
tim
"of all common programmer errors, windows is the most common."
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