linux-kernel - Re: PMTMR running too fast

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Date:	Wed, 06 Dec 2006 19:46:13 +0000
From:	Ian Campbell <ijc@...lion.org.uk>
To:	john stultz <johnstul@...ibm.com>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Andi Kleen <ak@...e.de>
Subject: Re: PMTMR running too fast

On Tue, 2006-12-05 at 11:34 -0800, john stultz wrote:
> 
> > Should tsc be preferred to pit though?
> 
> Depends on your system. If C2/C3 or cpufreq state changes are
> detected, we mark the tsc as unstable.  

Turns out I was seeing C2 states. I'll stick with PIT for now.

Thanks,
Ian.

-- 
Ian Campbell

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