Re: [PATCH][RFC] sort out CLOCK_TICK_RATE usage [1/3]
From: David Mosberger (davidm_at_napali.hpl.hp.com)
Date: 04/12/04
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Date: Mon, 12 Apr 2004 09:39:43 -0700 To: dl8bcu@dl8bcu.de
>>>>> On Mon, 12 Apr 2004 07:57:05 +0000, Thorsten Kranzkowski <dl8bcu@dl8bcu.de> said:
Thorsten> Introducing PIC_TIC_RATE.
What's this meant for? At least for IA-64, there is zero guarantee
that there will be a timer ticking at this rate. There are some
machines where this is the case (the ones using Intel chipsets, I
believe), but it isn't true for most machines with non-Intel chipsets
(which are common).
--david
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