gettimeofday() in hping

[Dag-Erling Smørgrav]

Stefan Lambrev <stefan.lambrev at moneybookers.com> writes:
> I tested all different combination. The performance change is almost
> invisible (100-200KB/s), and can't be compared with the performance
> boost that TSC gain over ACPI-fast timecounter.  Unfortunately TSC
> doesn't play nice with power saving modes.

This will vary greatly from machine to machine, depending on the exact
hardware and the ACPI BIOS.

More modern machines have an HPET timer which is supposedly faster than
ACPI yet more reliable than TSC.

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