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Date:      Tue, 18 Mar 2003 19:23:48 +0100
From:      "Poul-Henning Kamp" <phk@phk.freebsd.dk>
To:        "Kevin Oberman" <oberman@es.net>
Cc:        Craig Rodrigues <rodrigc@attbi.com>, David Malone <dwmalone@maths.tcd.ie>, sjh@zorak.net, freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Clock running double time 
Message-ID:  <76239.1048011828@critter.freebsd.dk>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Tue, 18 Mar 2003 10:22:07 PST." <20030318182207.C8DF95D07@ptavv.es.net> 

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In message <20030318182207.C8DF95D07@ptavv.es.net>, "Kevin Oberman" writes:

>> kern.timecounter.hardware=TSC
>
>Can someone explain why TSC is preferred to i8254 (or why not)?

Cheaper access & better resolution.

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