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Date:      Mon, 6 Apr 2015 12:49:39 +0000
From:      Alexey Dokuchaev <danfe@FreeBSD.org>
To:        John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org>
Cc:        svn-src-stable@freebsd.org, svn-src-all@freebsd.org, src-committers@freebsd.org, svn-src-stable-9@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: svn commit: r280973 - in stable: 10/sys/amd64/amd64 10/sys/dev/acpica 10/sys/i386/i386 10/sys/kern 10/sys/sys 10/sys/x86/x86 9/sys/amd64/amd64 9/sys/dev/acpica 9/sys/i386/i386 9/sys/kern 9/sys/sys ...
Message-ID:  <20150406124939.GA48665@FreeBSD.org>
In-Reply-To: <201504020102.t3212lTO021499@svn.freebsd.org>
References:  <201504020102.t3212lTO021499@svn.freebsd.org>

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On Thu, Apr 02, 2015 at 01:02:47AM +0000, John Baldwin wrote:
> New Revision: 280973
> URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/base/280973
> 
> Log:
>   MFC 276724:
>   On some Intel CPUs with a P-state but not C-state invariant TSC the TSC
>   may also halt in C2 and not just C3 (it seems that in some cases the BIOS
>   advertises its C3 state as a C2 state in _CST).  Just play it safe and
>   disable both C2 and C3 states if a user forces the use of the TSC as the
>   timecounter on such CPUs.

Does it apply to stable/8 as well?  Any preliminary testing I might have to
conduct first?

./danfe



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