Date: Tue, 18 Mar 2003 19:33:05 +0100 From: Wilko Bulte <wkb@freebie.xs4all.nl> To: Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@phk.freebsd.dk> Cc: Kevin Oberman <oberman@es.net>, 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: <20030318193305.B40906@freebie.xs4all.nl> In-Reply-To: <76239.1048011828@critter.freebsd.dk>; from phk@phk.freebsd.dk on Tue, Mar 18, 2003 at 07:23:48PM %2B0100 References: <20030318182207.C8DF95D07@ptavv.es.net> <76239.1048011828@critter.freebsd.dk>
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On Tue, Mar 18, 2003 at 07:23:48PM +0100, Poul-Henning Kamp wrote: > 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. Which brings me to the question if there is a comprehensive story on timekeeping in FreeBSD in the docs? Like the EuroBSDcon2002 one, but with answers to questions like the one above added. [I did not hunt in the doc tree for it btw] -- | / o / /_ _ |/|/ / / /( (_) Bulte wilko@FreeBSD.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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