RE: [PATCH] x86: Export tsc related information in sysfs

[Dan Magenheimer]

> Sorry, this is sort of mixing points
> Again, this is mixing the discussion.

Oops, sorry, missed that. :-}
 
> Maybe something like a tsc_long_calibration=1 option would allow for
> this?

Sounds good to me.  If it's non-obvious what value to choose for
the new calibration, maybe specifying it in MS (per MAX_QUICK_PIT_MS
in arch/x86/kernel/tsc.c) would be nice.

> However, I really do like the idea of pulling the stamped value from
> the MSR and if its close to what we quickly calibrated, use that.

On a quick sample of two machines looking at the TSC calibration
done by Xen (which exposes the equivalent of tsc_khz), it appears
that the stamped value is different from the calibration by about
1000ppm.  YMMV.
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