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On 28-Jan-2000 H. Peter Anvin wrote:
> "Theodore Y. Ts'o" wrote:
>>
>> Date: Fri, 28 Jan 2000 01:43:03 -0800
>> From: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@transmeta.com>
>>
>> Why don't we use the TSC on other architectures that have them, e.g.
>> Alpha?
>>
>> Because I don't have a (working) Alpha to test it on. :-)
>>
>> Send a patch..... (I'm doing some work on the random driver at the
>> moment, so this would be a good time to fold it in.)
>>
>
> Ah, neither have I though (recent enough that I'd use it.) I have been
> trying to get one from Compaq/DEC for years, but I don't ever seem to
> get to the right person. (Is anyone at Compaq that could actually do
> something reading this?)
>
> I'd really like to get fine-granularity timing on Alpha, just like we
> have on Intel. I understand the Alpha only has a 32-bit TSC, which
> means it has to be periodically sampled to keep track of the high bits.
>
> -hpa
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