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dnl x86 pentium time stamp counter access routine.
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include(`../config.m4')
C void speed_cyclecounter (unsigned p[2]);
C
C Get the pentium rdtsc cycle counter, storing the least significant word in
C p[0] and the most significant in p[1].
C
C cpuid is used to serialize execution. On big measurements this won't be
C significant but it may help make small single measurements more accurate.
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ALIGN(8)
defframe(PARAM_P,4)
PROLOGUE(speed_cyclecounter)
deflit(`FRAME',0)
pushl %ebx
FRAME_pushl()
xorl %eax, %eax
cpuid
rdtsc
movl PARAM_P, %ebx
movl %eax, (%ebx)
movl %edx, 4(%ebx)
popl %ebx
ret
EPILOGUE()