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Date:      Sat, 05 Sep 1998 09:33:10 +0200
From:      Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@critter.freebsd.dk>
To:        Terry Lambert <tlambert@primenet.com>
Cc:        mike@smith.net.au (Mike Smith), bde@zeta.org.au, caj@lfn.org, freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: bzero bandwidth computation 
Message-ID:  <11201.904980790@critter.freebsd.dk>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sat, 05 Sep 1998 07:07:47 -0000." <199809050707.AAA29484@usr08.primenet.com> 

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In message <199809050707.AAA29484@usr08.primenet.com>, Terry Lambert writes:
>> The current set of symptoms *seem* to be related to cycle-counter 
>> related interpolation being off because either the tick rate is erratic 
>> or the CPU speed is non-constant.   It's looking like we can't rely on 
>> the cycle counter for accurate timing - this will be an issue with 
>> desktops as PC98 and PC99 systems start to become common too. 8(
>
>What does the cycle counter do in a HLT'ed CPU?

count.

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