Messages in this thread |  | | | Date | Sat, 3 Jan 2004 17:55:12 +0100 | | From | Willy Tarreau <> | | Subject | Re: why is rdtsc reporting wrong cpu cycles? |
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Hi Marco,
On Sat, Jan 03, 2004 at 03:48:39PM +0000, Marco Correia wrote: > The problem is that the value I get dividing by my processor frequency (my > computer is a 650Mhz toshiba satellite pro 4340) is giving me about 1 hour > and I'm using the computer for about 4 fours. > > Am I forgetting something obvious? I already googled around but I came to the > conclusion that only new P4 M processors are able to change speed.
Perhaps it supports throttling. My mobile athlon supports this : 10000 times a second, it is stopped for a certain amount of time, then resumed. Depending on the throttling factor, I can even here it ! Cheers, Willy
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