From owner-freebsd-current Tue Mar 18 10:24: 2 2003 Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 12C5C37B401 for ; Tue, 18 Mar 2003 10:24:01 -0800 (PST) Received: from critter.freebsd.dk (critter.freebsd.dk [212.242.86.163]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 004E243F3F for ; Tue, 18 Mar 2003 10:24:00 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from phk@phk.freebsd.dk) Received: from critter.freebsd.dk (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by critter.freebsd.dk (8.12.8/8.12.8) with ESMTP id h2IINmYl076240; Tue, 18 Mar 2003 19:23:48 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from phk@phk.freebsd.dk) To: "Kevin Oberman" Cc: Craig Rodrigues , David Malone , sjh@zorak.net, freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Clock running double time From: "Poul-Henning Kamp" In-Reply-To: Your message of "Tue, 18 Mar 2003 10:22:07 PST." <20030318182207.C8DF95D07@ptavv.es.net> Date: Tue, 18 Mar 2003 19:23:48 +0100 Message-ID: <76239.1048011828@critter.freebsd.dk> Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG In message <20030318182207.C8DF95D07@ptavv.es.net>, "Kevin Oberman" writes: >> kern.timecounter.hardware=TSC > >Can someone explain why TSC is preferred to i8254 (or why not)? Cheaper access & better resolution. -- Poul-Henning Kamp | UNIX since Zilog Zeus 3.20 phk@FreeBSD.ORG | TCP/IP since RFC 956 FreeBSD committer | BSD since 4.3-tahoe Never attribute to malice what can adequately be explained by incompetence. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message