public static long getTimeBase() { if (VM.VerifyAssertions) VM.assert(VM.NOT_REACHED); return -1; }
  public static void setESIAsProcessor(VM_Processor p) {    if (VM.VerifyAssertions) VM.assert(VM.NOT_REACHED);  // call site should have been hijacked by magic in compiler  }  //-#endif  /**   * Read contents of hardware time base registers.   * Note:     we think that 1 "tick" == 4 "machine cycles", but this seems to be   *           undocumented and may vary across processor implementations.   * @return number of ticks (epoch undefined)   */  public static long getTimeBase() {    if (VM.VerifyAssertions) VM.assert(VM.NOT_REACHED);  // call site should have been hijacked by magic in compiler    return -1;  }