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Subject: Re: Doesn't LAPIC timer stop when CPU goes to sleep state?
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on 09/07/2012 08:41 mnln.l4 said the following:
> I have FreeBSD 9.0-STABLE r237285, In my systl -a output, I see
> 
> kern.eventimer.et.LAPIC.flags: 7
> 
> I am under the impression LAPIC timer may stop when CPU goes to sleep
> state. Shouldn't the flag be 15 as the example in EVENTTIMERS(4) man
> page?

You don't have to be under an impression when you can get the facts from publicly
available specifications and code.

> I have H67MA-E35 motherboard with Intel H67 chipset, and G840 dual core CPU.
> 
> Thanks.

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Andriy Gapon