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From: Pete French <petefrench@ticketswitch.com>
Date: Fri, 11 Mar 2005 16:12:32 +0000
Subject: Re: Just a sanity check before I sumbit a buig report
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> Why does sysconf(_SC_CLK_TCK) always returns 128?  Check out sysconf() 
> in src/lib/libc/gen/sysconf.c (lines 83-84 of rev. 1.10):

[follow through of code showing it is defined as a constant snipped]

> To determine how stathz can vary, we'll have to dig deeper.  Check out 
> initclocks() in src/sys/kern/kern_clock.c (lines 196-213 of rev. 
> 1.105.2.11):

[follow through of code showing it depends on apm_attach() snipped]


Thanks for that, most instructive! So the conclusion appears to be that
sysconf(_SC_CLK_TCK) is doing the wrong thing by returning a constant then ?
Thanks, I'll submit a pr about it. Do you mind if I attach your email to
it to show the follow through of the code ? I havent looked at it myself in
that much depth.

-pcf.