Date: Thu, 17 May 2001 01:13:43 -0700 From: Mike Smith <msmith@freebsd.org> To: Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG, arch@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Gettimeofday Again... Message-ID: <200105170813.f4H8DhE01424@mass.dis.org> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Thu, 17 May 2001 17:44:28 %2B1000." <Pine.BSF.4.21.0105171727150.15884-100000@besplex.bde.org>
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> > I don't change the timercounter method defaults, and I sure hope you
> > aren't advocating that people change their timecounter defaults. If
> > the TSC is a reasonable default, the system should figure it out and
> > use it without requiring intervention.
>
> It's only a reasonable default if apm (or possibly acpica) is configured
> (and used).
The TSC is never a reasonable default; there is no good way to be certain
that the TSC is and/or will remain stable. Even with ACPI, you can't be
entirely sure.
(Modulo Peter's comments about new P4 features, which I have not
investigated yet.)
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rivals and unfortunately opponents also. But not because people want
to be opponents, rather because the tasks and relationships force
people to take different points of view. [Dr. Fritz Todt]
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