Re: [Patch] tsc-disable_A5

From: Benjamin LaHaise (bcrl@redhat.com)
Date: Fri Jun 14 2002 - 13:53:07 EST

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On Fri, Jun 14, 2002 at 11:35:26AM -0700, john stultz wrote:
> This results in sequential calls to gettimeofday to return
> non-sequential time values. By disabling the TSCs on these boxes, it
> forces gettimeofday to use the PIC clock instead, fixing the problem.

This seems to be yet another reason for supporting per-CPU TSC
calibration, as that would fix machines with different speed cpus, too.

-ben

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