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Re: [rtl] "Longer" Thread Periods

Fri, 18 Feb 2000 Kenneth Jacker wrote:
>         typedef long long hrtime_t
> 
> 
> "Long long"?  How many bits is that on a Pentium?  It appears to be
> "only" 32 which would make the longest period ~4.3 secs = 2^32/10^9
> (or since "long long" is signed, maybe ~2.2 sec = 2^31/10^9).  So, a
> work-around would be necessary.

long long is 64 bits on all 32 bit systems, AFAIK... At least it is on x86.


Regards,

//David


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