akr/clockcount

= 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
  are met:

  1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
     notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
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     notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the
     documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution.

  THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY AUTHOR AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND
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  ARE DISCLAIMED.  IN NO EVENT SHALL AUTHOR OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE
  FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL
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(2-clause FreeBSD style BSD License)