linux-kernel - Re: [patch] x86: unify/rewrite SMP TSC sync code

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Message-ID: <456AACC9.10206@saville.com>
Date:	Mon, 27 Nov 2006 01:15:53 -0800
From:	Wink Saville <wink@...ille.com>
To:	Arjan van de Ven <arjan@...radead.org>
CC:	Robert Hancock <hancockr@...w.ca>,
	linux-kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [patch] x86: unify/rewrite SMP TSC sync code

Arjan van de Ven wrote:

> just to make sure, you do realize that when you write "ticks" that rdtsc
> doesn't measure cpu clock ticks or cpu cycles anymore, right? (At least
> not on your machine)
> 

Yes, that's why I wrote ticks and not cycles. At this point I'm not sure how to convert
ticks to time on my machine, something else to learn:) Hopefully the HPET
will resolve all of the issues.

Wink

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