From owner-freebsd-current Tue Sep 21 21: 0:59 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from dingo.cdrom.com (dingo.cdrom.com [204.216.28.145]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3F8BF15B4C; Tue, 21 Sep 1999 21:00:31 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from mike@dingo.cdrom.com) Received: from dingo.cdrom.com (localhost.cdrom.com [127.0.0.1]) by dingo.cdrom.com (8.9.3/8.8.8) with ESMTP id UAA10049; Tue, 21 Sep 1999 20:53:33 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from mike@dingo.cdrom.com) Message-Id: <199909220353.UAA10049@dingo.cdrom.com> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0.2 2/24/98 To: "Brian F. Feldman" Cc: Luoqi Chen , current@FreeBSD.org, phk@FreeBSD.org, smp@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Testers please! In-reply-to: Your message of "Tue, 21 Sep 1999 23:13:36 EDT." Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Tue, 21 Sep 1999 20:53:33 -0700 From: Mike Smith Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > One question comes to mind: is there a way that the TSCs could become > desynchronized somehow? Even though all CPUs run at the same frequency, > isn't there a strong possibility for slight frequency deviation since > we use crystal oscillation instead of a more accurate atomic breakdown > for regulation, or am I just smoking crack? They should all be using the same clock source, so that's not an issue. -- \\ The mind's the standard \\ Mike Smith \\ of the man. \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ -- Joseph Merrick \\ msmith@cdrom.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message