Re: Collecting entropy from device_attach() times.

RW <[e-mail]> writes:
> It doesn't compute it in a weird way for amd64 and most i386 systems.
> Where possible, get_cyclecount is just a wrapper for rdtsc, which I
> think it will be for all the systems you quoted (with the possible
> exception of virtualbox).

No.  All the machines I tested it on had TSCs, but not all i386 machines
we support do, so get_cyclecount() is always a function call on i386.
Look at the code, or heck, disassemble my kernel if you don't believe
me.

(did you even look at my numbers?)

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Dag-Erling Sm=C3=B8rgrav - [e-mail]
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