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Date:      Sun, 22 Oct 2000 12:14:24 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Matthew Jacob <mjacob@feral.com>
To:        Doug Rabson <dfr@nlsystems.com>
Cc:        John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.ORG>, alpha@FreeBSD.ORG, cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG, cvs-committers@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   RE: cvs commit: src/sys/sys kernel.h
Message-ID:  <Pine.LNX.4.21.0010221213300.8365-100000@zeppo.feral.com>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0010222012580.279-100000@salmon.nlsystems.com>

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> On Sat, 21 Oct 2000, Matthew Jacob wrote:
> 
> > > to clock_attach() and using the cpu clock interrupt to trigger hardclock()
> > > during the device probe) and then this change can be un-reverted.
> > 
> > Hmm. This is what I'd been thinking might be the case. However, not
> > all alphas use an ISA clock. We'll see. As soon as my DSL comes back up (when
> > you'll see this mail, likely) I'll update and try and see where we're at.
> 
> All platforms, including ones without an ISA clock will deliver clock

Yes, I know that...

> interrupts at the advertised frequency from PALcode. All we need is
> something to tick the scheduler during device probes - when the real clock
> attaches, we will calibrate things and install timecounters etc.


Right- that's what I was going to look at today or tomorrow. I've had a lot of
DSL outages so I haven't made as much progress as I'd like.


BTW- most excellent to see the 2 of you at BSDcon....

-matt




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