= clockcount
clockcount access processor specific clock counter.
== Home Page
http://www.a-k-r.org/clockcount/
== Author
Tanaka Akira <akr@fsij.org>
== Usage
require 'clockcount'
p ClockCount()
=== Sample Script to Mesure Clock Speed
% ruby sample.rb
0x18a9c616f16d5
0x18a9caca6f864 1.2640276924433[GHz] 3.97282828038034[day]
0x18a9cf9ac9d9c 1.29211869909757[GHz] 3.88646950425614[day]
0x18a9d4772970a 1.30474179349239[GHz] 3.84888032793389[day]
0x18a9d93b80a6a 1.27955467871139[GHz] 3.92465434730725[day]
...
== Download
* latest release: http://www.a-k-r.org/clockcount/clockcount-0.1.tar.gz
* development version: https://github.com/akr/clockcount
== Install
ruby extconf.rb
make
make install
optional:
make rdoc
== Reference Manual
See rdoc/index.html or
http://www.a-k-r.org/clockcount/rdoc/
== Supported Platforms
* Intel Pentium (rdtsc, 64bit)
* AMD64, Intel EM64T (rdtsc, 64bit)
* Intel Itanium (IA64) (ar44 register, 64bit)
* PowerPC (PowerPC603, POWER3 or later) (mftb and mftbu, 64bit)
* Sun UltraSparc (tick register, 64bit)
* HP PA-RISC 2.0 (cr16 register, 64bit)
* Alpha (rpcc, 32bit)
== Note
The meaning of "clock" varys on platforms.
For example, the counter doesn't count CPU clocks on PowerPC.
== License
Copyright (C) 2005,2006 Tanaka Akira. All rights reserved.
Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
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