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Re: microtime(9) on QEMU



On Sun, Nov 01, 2009 at 12:58:27AM +0100, Joerg Sonnenberger wrote:
> The only situation in which microtime(9) should ever be non-monotonic is
> when faced with very long times of very high IPL. E.g. it is not always
> possible and handle a time counter wrap around. So as long as the 
> timer interrupt runs often enough, it should not be an issue and
> everything else is a bug.

Jörg,

Thanks for the information.  I will check the IPL.  With the patches
under test, IPL "leakage" is possible.

Dave

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