Date: Mon, 05 Dec 2005 12:43:19 -0800 From: "Kevin Oberman" <oberman@es.net> To: "Matthew D. Fuller" <fullermd@over-yonder.net> Cc: kama <kama@pvp.se>, freebsd-stable@freebsd.org, Peter Jeremy <PeterJeremy@optushome.com.au> Subject: Re: cpu-timer rate Message-ID: <20051205204319.787065D04@ptavv.es.net> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Mon, 05 Dec 2005 13:47:56 CST." <20051205194756.GG90806@over-yonder.net>
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> Date: Mon, 5 Dec 2005 13:47:56 -0600 > From: "Matthew D. Fuller" <fullermd@over-yonder.net> > > On Mon, Dec 05, 2005 at 10:15:52AM -0800 I heard the voice of > Kevin Oberman, and lo! it spake thus: > > > From: "Matthew D. Fuller" <fullermd@over-yonder.net> > > > > > > Because the rate is always twice hz. > > > > While I will concede that I have no explanation, but on all of my > > systems rate = HZ +/-1. I have never seen a case where rate/2 = HZ. > > Well, OK, it always is when you're using the LAPIC timer, which I > think is on 6.x and up (with the APIC enabled, of course). When > you're using irq0, it just runs at hz. That would explain it. While most of the systems in question are V6 or V7, none is multi-processor and, being conservative, I don't run APIC on any of them. (An exception is my -current system, but it locks up on boot with APIC enabled.) Maybe I should try it some time just to see what happens. ;-) Thanks. -- R. Kevin Oberman, Network Engineer Energy Sciences Network (ESnet) Ernest O. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) E-mail: oberman@es.net Phone: +1 510 486-8634
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