Date: Mon, 31 Oct 2005 16:36:19 -0700 (MST) From: Warner Losh <imp@bsdimp.com> To: fullermd@over-yonder.net Cc: Alexander@Leidinger.net, phk@phk.freebsd.dk, freebsd-current@FreeBSD.org, rwatson@FreeBSD.org, davidxu@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: TSC instead of ACPI: powerd doesn't work anymore (to be expected?) Message-ID: <20051031.163619.59657502.imp@bsdimp.com> In-Reply-To: <20051031232711.GD1367@over-yonder.net> References: <20051031102424.V11619@fledge.watson.org> <81484.1130756628@critter.freebsd.dk> <20051031232711.GD1367@over-yonder.net>
next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
> > Another thing to remember is that the TSC and ACPI hardware is not > > the only thing we have to deal with: Any solution we implement > > needs to also work on other architectures, including i486 with only > > i8254 timecounters etc. > > Boy, I'm just becoming the voice of not-so-new hardware, aren't I? ;) > > My PPro uses the i8254. So does my P133 laptop. I presume most other > Pentium-era machines, and probably PII's, do as well. When DID ACPI > become the common case? Most pentium-era meachine use the tsc timecounter UNLESS ACPI or APM are configured.... Warner
Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?20051031.163619.59657502.imp>