Date: Sun, 20 Mar 2011 09:41:29 +0000 From: David Malone <dwmalone@maths.tcd.ie> To: Bruce Evans <brde@optusnet.com.au> Cc: svn-src-head@FreeBSD.org, svn-src-all@FreeBSD.org, src-committers@FreeBSD.org, John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org>, Jung-uk Kim <jkim@FreeBSD.org> Subject: Re: svn commit: r219676 - head/sys/x86/x86 Message-ID: <20110320094129.GA79235@walton.maths.tcd.ie> In-Reply-To: <20110316155820.D4010@besplex.bde.org> References: <201103151947.p2FJlK3L057573@svn.freebsd.org> <201103151701.11708.jhb@freebsd.org> <201103151714.15829.jkim@FreeBSD.org> <20110316155820.D4010@besplex.bde.org>
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On Wed, Mar 16, 2011 at 04:34:10PM +1100, Bruce Evans wrote: > Please revert. I use this for setting timecounters from userland. The > sysctl is not a hack, but the primary user interface for managing the > TSC frequency. The kern.timecounter.tc.TSC.frequency sysctl is > secondary, and is readonly anyway, so it cannot be used to manage the > TSC frequency or even the timecounter frequency. Some people have asked me if I can make kern.timecounter.tc.*.frequency writeable. I have it on my list of jobs to look at, but haven't had a chance yet. Are there any obvious problems with this? David.
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