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From: "Gisle Vanem" <giva AT bgnett DOT no>
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Subject: Re: how to make a Timer
Date: Tue, 11 Feb 2003 16:24:45 +0100
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"Ben Peddell" <lightspeed85 AT hotmail DOT com> said:

> First, check the existence of cpuid. If it does not exist, then the tsc does
> not exist, so go to the normal pit routine. If cpuid does exist, then use it
> to determine the existence of the tsc. If it does not exist, then go to the
> normal pit routine. If the tsc does exist, then check for the existence of
> cr4. If it exists, then check the setting of the tsd (Time Stamp Disable)
> bit (bit 2).

How should we get value of CR4 under e.g. Windows? AFAICR, it's seems
to be virtualised and always returns 0.

Gisle V.

# rm /bin/laden 

/bin/laden: Not found