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32 .Nd get the CPU's fast counter register contents
38 .Fn get_cyclecount "void"
42 function uses a register
43 available in most modern CPUs
45 that is monotonically increasing
49 there will be a number of
50 separate monotonic sequences,
51 one for each CPU running.
52 The value in the SMP case is
53 selected from one of these sequences,
54 dependent on which CPU
55 was scheduled to service the request.
57 The speed and the maximum value
64 do not have such a register,
68 returns the number of nanoseconds
75 processors all use the
95 function first appeared in
98 This manual page was written by
99 .An Mark Murray Aq markm@FreeBSD.org .