[ntp:hackers] Non-monotonic time on NT

David J Taylor david-taylor at blueyonder.co.uk
Mon May 14 22:54:05 PDT 2007


David L. Mills wrote:
> Terje,
>
> Can a Windows userland program read the TSC directly? I know the
> equivalent PCC on the Alpha can.
>
> Dave

Dave,

User-mode Windows programs can include the RDTSC instruction and return a 
correct result without requiring any special OS configuration.

I would be interested to know what special OS configuration Warner 
believes is required.

Cheers,
David
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