Date: Mon, 27 Apr 2009 15:46:18 +0200 From: Joerg Sonnenberger <joerg@britannica.bec.de> To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ACPI-fast default timecounter, but HPET 83% faster Message-ID: <20090427134617.GA688@britannica.bec.de> In-Reply-To: <200904270150.31912.pieter@degoeje.nl> References: <200904270150.31912.pieter@degoeje.nl>
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On Mon, Apr 27, 2009 at 01:50:31AM +0200, Pieter de Goeje wrote: > While fiddling with the sysctl kern.timecounter.hardware, I found out > that on my system HPET is significantly faster than ACPI-fast. I did some extensive testing on a variety of AMD and Intel boards and never found a system where HPET is slower than ACPI-fast. In addition, HPET provides a higher resolution. Joerg
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