Re: [patch] x86: unify/rewrite SMP TSC sync code

From: Wink Saville
Date: Mon Nov 27 2006 - 04:16:27 EST


Arjan van de Ven wrote:

just to make sure, you do realize that when you write "ticks" that rdtsc
doesn't measure cpu clock ticks or cpu cycles anymore, right? (At least
not on your machine)


Yes, that's why I wrote ticks and not cycles. At this point I'm not sure how to convert
ticks to time on my machine, something else to learn:) Hopefully the HPET
will resolve all of the issues.

Wink

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