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Date:      Fri, 27 Feb 1998 09:51:15 -0600
From:      dannyman <dannyman@sasquatch.dannyland.org>
To:        freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Curious: "Timecounter"?
Message-ID:  <19980227095115.05314@urh.uiuc.edu>

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arh0300 kernel log messages:
> Timecounter "i8254"  frequency 1193182 Hz  cost 2524 ns
> Timecounter "TSC"  frequency 99952423 Hz  cost 356 ns
> wcd0: 0Kb/sec, caddy
> wcd0: medium type unknown

Wow, the new kernel compiling mechanism is kinda neat.

I'm curious about these Timecounter lines.  Can anyone explain, in terms a
fairly unsophisticated guy like me could understand, what these lines mean?
Just curious.

Thanks,
dan

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