Re: do_fast_gettimeoffset on x86

Alan Cox (alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk)
Sat, 4 Apr 1998 14:49:20 +0100 (BST)


> during APM powerdown or not. Some boxes even seem to corrupt the counter?
> Not sure, maybe Alan knows more about these things, i think he added that
> #ifdef CONFIG_APM.

No. Its always been there. Most CPU's stop the rdtsc cycle counters when
they idle, others change the cycle counter when they are running in
'standby' mode etc.

Alan

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