Re: [PATCH] i386: Selectable Frequency of the Timer Interrupt

[Krzysztof Halasa]

Vojtech Pavlik <vojtech@xxxxxxx> writes:

> HPETs have a fixed frequency (usually 14.31818 MHz, but that depends
> on the manufacturer).
>
>> - 64-bit "match timer" (i.e., a register in the counter which fires IRQ
>>   when it matches the counter value)
>
> That's implemented in the HPET hardware.

Interesting. So it could theoretically work. Unless the machine in
question lacks HPET.
-- 
Krzysztof Halasa
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