From owner-freebsd-current Fri Oct 20 07:28:20 1995 Return-Path: owner-current Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.6.12/8.6.6) id HAA05847 for current-outgoing; Fri, 20 Oct 1995 07:28:20 -0700 Received: from halloran-eldar.lcs.mit.edu (halloran-eldar.lcs.mit.edu [18.26.0.159]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.6.12/8.6.6) with SMTP id HAA05842 for ; Fri, 20 Oct 1995 07:28:16 -0700 Received: by halloran-eldar.lcs.mit.edu; (5.65/1.1.8.2/19Aug95-0530PM) id AA09055; Fri, 20 Oct 1995 10:26:22 -0400 Date: Fri, 20 Oct 1995 10:26:22 -0400 From: "Garrett A. Wollman" Message-Id: <9510201426.AA09055@halloran-eldar.lcs.mit.edu> To: joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de (Joerg Wunsch) Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: clock running faster? In-Reply-To: <199510192257.XAA05193@uriah.heep.sax.de> References: <199510191251.WAA16201@godzilla.zeta.org.au> <199510192257.XAA05193@uriah.heep.sax.de> Sender: owner-current@freebsd.org Precedence: bulk < said: > As Bruce Evans wrote: >> >> The changes have the effect of making the Pentium clock the reference. > I don't think this has been a good idea. Please explain your reason for believing this, keeping in mind that a similar technique was used on MicroVAXen in 4.3 (except using microtime() rather than a purpose-built function). -GAWollman -- Garrett A. Wollman | Shashish is simple, it's discreet, it's brief. ... wollman@lcs.mit.edu | Shashish is the bonding of hearts in spite of distance. Opinions not those of| It is a bond more powerful than absence. We like people MIT, LCS, ANA, or NSA| who like Shashish. - Claude McKenzie + Florent Vollant