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Date:      Thu, 10 Apr 2008 06:14:38 +0000
From:      "Poul-Henning Kamp" <phk@phk.freebsd.dk>
To:        gnn@freebsd.org
Cc:        current@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: TSC Timecounter and multi-core/SMP 
Message-ID:  <53208.1207808078@critter.freebsd.dk>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Thu, 10 Apr 2008 11:23:31 %2B0900." <m2d4oy8n30.wl%gnn@neville-neil.com> 

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In message <m2d4oy8n30.wl%gnn@neville-neil.com>, gnn@freebsd.org writes:
>Howdy,
>
>Is the TSC timecounter synchronized across multiple cores and/or
>processors?  A quick search seems to indicate it's not but I'd like to
>find a definitive reference on the TSC.

The answer is: It may be, and there is no easy way to find out.

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