From owner-freebsd-current Fri Feb 27 07:51:27 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id HAA06154 for freebsd-current-outgoing; Fri, 27 Feb 1998 07:51:27 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from arh0300.urh.uiuc.edu (arh0300.urh.uiuc.edu [130.126.72.10]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id HAA06111 for ; Fri, 27 Feb 1998 07:51:18 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dannyman@arh0300.urh.uiuc.edu) Received: (from dannyman@localhost) by arh0300.urh.uiuc.edu (8.8.8/8.8.5) id JAA28074; Fri, 27 Feb 1998 09:51:15 -0600 (CST) Message-ID: <19980227095115.05314@urh.uiuc.edu> Date: Fri, 27 Feb 1998 09:51:15 -0600 From: dannyman To: freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Curious: "Timecounter"? Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.89i X-Loop: djhoward@uiuc.edu X-URL: http://www.uiuc.edu/ph/www/djhoward/ Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG 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 -- //Dan -=- This message brought to you by djhoward@uiuc.edu -=- \\/yori -=- Information - http://www.uiuc.edu/ph/www/djhoward/ -=- aiokomete -=- Our Honored Symbol deserves an Honorable Retirement To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message