Date: Thu, 30 Mar 2000 11:33:43 -0800 From: Mike Smith <msmith@freebsd.org> To: Jesper Skriver <jesper@skriver.dk> Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: SMP buildworld times / performance tests Message-ID: <200003301933.LAA00453@mass.cdrom.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Thu, 30 Mar 2000 21:25:35 %2B0200." <20000330212535.A49637@skriver.dk>
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> > > >Only the i8254 timecounter hardware currently needs interrupt-disabling, > > > >but it is hopefully never used on SMP machines. > > > > > > Worse. It is used by default on SMP machines which don't sport the > > > PIIX timecounter. > > > > ie. anything using the PIIX3 or older (think 440FX dual P6 systems, etc.) > > On the box below, a relative new dual PIII box, with a Intel > motherboard, does it use the i8254 or the PIIX timecounter ? sysctl kern.timecounter.hardware (should have been hw.timecounter.hardware, but whatever) -- \\ Give a man a fish, and you feed him for a day. \\ Mike Smith \\ Tell him he should learn how to fish himself, \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ and he'll hate you for a lifetime. \\ msmith@cdrom.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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