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Date: Fri, 15 Nov 2024 09:57:46 +0800
From: Zhou congjie <zcjie0802@qq.com>
To: Stephen Hemminger <stephen@networkplumber.org>
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On Thu, 14 Nov 2024, Stephen Hemminger wrote:

> 
> In general DPDK uses tsc instead of monotonic time, since it is faster and platform
> independent (ie Windows).
> 
> Why not use use a global counter instead?
> 

I have tried tsc, but it only works on x86 and does not function on other archs.

A global counter seems to be a good idea.