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diff --git a/externals/gridflow/doc/flow_classes/tsctime-help.pd b/externals/gridflow/doc/flow_classes/tsctime-help.pd new file mode 100644 index 00000000..e53730a5 --- /dev/null +++ b/externals/gridflow/doc/flow_classes/tsctime-help.pd @@ -0,0 +1,50 @@ +#N canvas 508 124 632 550 10; +#X obj 0 0 doc_h; +#X obj 3 302 doc_c; +#X obj 0 521 doc_f; +#X obj 3 501 doc_also; +#X obj 3 426 doc_o 1; +#X obj 3 342 doc_i 2; +#X obj 14 372 doc_ii 0; +#X obj 14 394 doc_ii 1; +#X obj 14 456 doc_oo 0; +#X obj 97 372 doc_m i0 bang; +#X obj 97 394 doc_m i1 bang; +#X obj 97 456 doc_m o0 float; +#X text 232 372 reset timer; +#X text 232 394 trigger output; +#X obj 103 501 realtime; +#X obj 11 96 tsctime; +#X text 188 38 This is a super-high-resolution version of the [realtime] +class that does not look at the ordinary clock of the operating system +\, and instead uses the clock tick of the CPU itself. However \, if +you have a variable-clock CPU \, this will give you some kind of virtual +time.; +#X msg 50 45 bang; +#X msg 11 45 bang; +#X floatatom 14 122 10 0 0 0 - - -; +#X obj 78 100 realtime; +#X floatatom 78 122 10 0 0 0 - - -; +#X text 190 114 It's also possible that this has some other bugs related +to scaling. However \, even if it gives you really weird values \, +this object will give you very precise values in what is really the +wrong scale.; +#X text 192 171 if you are trying to measure real time with this \, +you should disable any CPU energy saving that may change the CPU's +clock speed. However \, if you want to measure CPU usage \, [tsctime] +is the ONLY of the time-objects to allow you to measure CPU usage reliably +while your clock speed changes.; +#X text 192 255 in assembly language \, [tsctime] is called "RDTSC" +\, and this is where [tsctime] got its name from.; +#X text 232 456 value in "milliseconds" (or lousy imitation thereof... +see intro text above.); +#X connect 3 1 14 0; +#X connect 9 1 12 0; +#X connect 10 1 13 0; +#X connect 11 1 25 0; +#X connect 15 0 19 0; +#X connect 17 0 15 1; +#X connect 17 0 20 1; +#X connect 18 0 15 0; +#X connect 18 0 20 0; +#X connect 20 0 21 0; |