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Subject: Re: TSC instead of ACPI: powerd doesn't work anymore (to be
 expected?) 
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In message: <81213.1130754398@critter.freebsd.dk>
            "Poul-Henning Kamp" <phk@phk.freebsd.dk> writes:
: I am going to insist that clock_gettime(CLOCK_REALTIME, CLOCK_UPTIME)
: remain precise.

1ms is way too imprecise for the stuff we do at work.  We need 3-4
more orders of magnitude at a minimum from the time keeping system.
Ideally, through well documented interfaces.

Warner