Date: Fri, 11 Mar 2005 16:12:32 +0000 From: Pete French <petefrench@ticketswitch.com> To: noackjr@alumni.rice.edu, stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Just a sanity check before I sumbit a buig report Message-ID: <E1D9mka-000P9Q-1Y@dilbert.firstcallgroup.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <4230B125.9070005@alumni.rice.edu>
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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.
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