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From: =?utf-8?Q?Dag-Erling_Sm=C3=B8rgrav?= <des@des.no>
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Cc: takawata@freeBSD.org, njl@freeBSD.org, current@freeBSD.org,
	Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org>
Subject: Re: HPET vs other timers
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"Poul-Henning Kamp" <phk@phk.freebsd.dk> writes:
> Dag-Erling Sm=C3=B8rgrav <des@des.no> writes:
> > "Poul-Henning Kamp" <phk@phk.freebsd.dk> writes:
> > > I can't rememember who raised the quality of it recently, CVS will
> > > know.  I was sceptical, because I also have systems where HPET is
> > > slow.
> > I did, with your approval, almost a year ago.
> Yes, I said "try it" or something of the sort.

For the record, I ran with HPET timers the entire time from HPET support
was first committed until I finally committed that patch - about ten
months - so I did test it to the best of my ability.

DES
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Dag-Erling Sm=C3=B8rgrav - des@des.no