Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 27 Oct 2006 15:48:01 -0600 | From | "Chris Friesen" <> | Subject | Re: AMD X2 unsynced TSC fix? |
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Lee Revell wrote:
> What exactly does that AMD patch do?
"...by periodically adjusting the core time-stamp-counters, so that they are synchronized."
It sounds like they just periodically write a new value to the TSC. Presumably they set the "slower" one equal to the "faster" one.
You'd likely still have windows where time might run backwards, but it would be better than nothing.
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