Re: [PATCH 1/1] x86 TSC: set X86_FEATURE_TSC_RELIABLE, per CPUID

[Andy Lutomirski]

On Thu, Jun 4, 2015 at 12:17 AM, H. Peter Anvin <hpa@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On 06/01/2015 05:45 PM, Len Brown wrote:
>>
>> BTW, it also begs the question if Linux could actually *repair* the BIOS damage?
>>
>
> We may very well be able to by setting the TSC offset register to zero
> on all CPUs.

What TSC offset register?  IIRC before Ivy Bridge (i.e. TSC_ADJUST),
there's a writable TSC register but no visible offset register.

--Andy
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