Re: 'Detected 19943xxx Hz processor'-fluctuations...
Helge Hafting (helge.hafting@daldata.no)
Mon, 11 Jan 1999 10:18:26 +0100
> > > I like it. If it is measured with such high precision, why not
> > > show it? :-)
> > It isn't. The last four digits seem rather random here.
> i don't think it really is random, maybe it differs beause the state of
> the processor differs little. can't we use this to statistically measure
> something about that processor ?
I guess this is done by seeing how many timestamps the processor
counts while waiting for the real-time clock to advance?
The precision of the RTC is of course limited - you may be seeing
clock drift or variations in interrupt latency.
Helge Hafting
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