Date: Wed, 28 Nov 2001 19:55:25 +0200
From: "Eli Zaretskii" <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
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Subject: Re: uclock() and struct rusage
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> From: CBFalconer <cbfalconer AT yahoo DOT com>
> Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
> Date: Wed, 28 Nov 2001 16:41:45 GMT
> > 
> > > I expect this is not even portable under W98.  I hope to try it
> > > later using the identical compiler, etc., but running on this '486
> > > system.  I expect it will crash with an 'illegal instruction'
> > > failing.
> > 
> > What possible cause(s) do you see for the illegal instruction
> > failure?
> 
> I left the quote to capture the source in my own sent file.  I
> suspect that system is calling some sort of cpu cycle timer that
> exists only in the Pentium.  Something like rdtsc??

No, uclock doesn't use rdtsc, it uses the system timer chip.  So no
illegal instructions should result.

(The sources of the DJGPP library are freely available, so you really
don't need to speculate.)