Date: Wed, 28 Jul 1999 22:56:11 -0700 From: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au> To: Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au> Cc: mike@smith.net.au, phk@critter.freebsd.dk, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org, cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sys/i386/apm apm.c apm_setup.s apm_setup.h src/sys/i386/isa clock.c Message-ID: <199907290556.WAA01064@dingo.cdrom.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Thu, 29 Jul 1999 15:00:59 %2B1000." <199907290500.PAA31254@godzilla.zeta.org.au>
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> >> I'd rather we stop using if it looks manipulated. I have looked at various > >> ways to improve the calibration of the TSC by spending longer time doing it, > >> this is however not enough to detect a manipulated TSC because the timeouts > >> in the bios may be half and whole hours. > > > >Basically, the BIOS' behaviour has to be considered to be > >nondeterministic. > > That's just one reason why using the BIOS shouldn't be standard. Uh, no, this has nothing to do with "using" the BIOS. No word games, please. -- \\ The mind's the standard \\ Mike Smith \\ of the man. \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ -- Joseph Merrick \\ msmith@cdrom.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message
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