Date: Sat, 5 Sep 1998 07:07:47 +0000 (GMT) From: Terry Lambert <tlambert@primenet.com> To: mike@smith.net.au (Mike Smith) Cc: phk@critter.freebsd.dk, bde@zeta.org.au, caj@lfn.org, freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: bzero bandwidth computation Message-ID: <199809050707.AAA29484@usr08.primenet.com> In-Reply-To: <199809040844.IAA03514@word.smith.net.au> from "Mike Smith" at Sep 4, 98 08:44:16 am
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> The current set of symptoms *seem* to be related to cycle-counter > related interpolation being off because either the tick rate is erratic > or the CPU speed is non-constant. It's looking like we can't rely on > the cycle counter for accurate timing - this will be an issue with > desktops as PC98 and PC99 systems start to become common too. 8( What does the cycle counter do in a HLT'ed CPU? Terry Lambert terry@lambert.org --- Any opinions in this posting are my own and not those of my present or previous employers. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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