RE: OS Clock

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: kernelnewbies-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxx 
> [mailto:kernelnewbies-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of 
> Bithika Khargharia
> Sent: 23 March 2007 05:08 AM
> To: kernelnewbies@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: OS Clock
> 
> I have few hardware counters that I want to read data from 
> every nano second.

Hi Bithika,

I think you need to look at the praticality of what you are asking.

Reading 1 register every nano second would require reading it at a
frequency of 1GHz. Reading anything at this kind of rate would require
quite specialised hardware.

Martyn

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Martyn Welch
Principal Software Engineer
Radstone Digital Processing
Part of GE Fanuc Embedded Systems

Phone: +44 (0) 1327 322748
email: martyn.welch@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
web: www.radstone.com


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