Messages in this thread | | | From | (Alan Cox) | Subject | Re: do_fast_gettimeoffset on x86 | Date | Sat, 4 Apr 1998 14:49:20 +0100 (BST) |
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> during APM powerdown or not. Some boxes even seem to corrupt the counter? > Not sure, maybe Alan knows more about these things, i think he added that > #ifdef CONFIG_APM.
No. Its always been there. Most CPU's stop the rdtsc cycle counters when they idle, others change the cycle counter when they are running in 'standby' mode etc.
Alan
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