From owner-cvs-all Mon Sep 20 0:59:58 1999 Delivered-To: cvs-all@freebsd.org Received: from dingo.cdrom.com (castles524.castles.com [208.214.165.88]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 230AD15764; Mon, 20 Sep 1999 00:59:55 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from mike@dingo.cdrom.com) Received: from dingo.cdrom.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by dingo.cdrom.com (8.9.3/8.8.8) with ESMTP id AAA29722; Mon, 20 Sep 1999 00:52:55 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from mike@dingo.cdrom.com) Message-Id: <199909200752.AAA29722@dingo.cdrom.com> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0.2 2/24/98 To: Poul-Henning Kamp Cc: cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sys/i386/conf files.i386 src/sys/i386/i386 mp_clock.c In-reply-to: Your message of "Mon, 20 Sep 1999 00:52:39 PDT." <199909200752.AAA30657@freefall.freebsd.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Mon, 20 Sep 1999 00:52:55 -0700 From: Mike Smith Sender: owner-cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk > phk 1999/09/20 00:52:39 PDT > > Modified files: > sys/i386/conf files.i386 > Added files: > sys/i386/i386 mp_clock.c > Log: > On PIIX4 based SMP systems use the PMTMR register for timecounting. You should be using this on all systems with the PIIX4, not just SMP systems. > The code cheats and don't register the PCI device, because other pieces > of code want to use it too. This is probably also the wrong way to do it, but right now getting the code out there is more important. The PIIX4 shouldn't be being claimed wholesale as it currently is. -- \\ 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 cvs-all" in the body of the message