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From: Miguel de Icaza <miguel@sphinx.nuclecu.unam.mx>
Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.networking,comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: TCP latency
Date: 16 Jul 1996 14:34:38 -0500
Organization: Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico
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> Maybe gettimeofday() would have been a better null syscall, what do you think?

Solaris seems like it has a special case for gettimeofday.  If they
don't have a special case, at least it is treated like it.  They got a
special system call just for this purpose. 

Go to any Solaris 2.{4,5} and disassemble the gettimeofday routine.

Best wishes,
Miguel.
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