Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: [patch] x86: unify/rewrite SMP TSC sync code | From | Arjan van de Ven <> | Date | Sat, 25 Nov 2006 18:41:13 +0100 |
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> Actually, we need to ask the CPU/System makers to provide a system wide > timer that is independent of the given CPU. I would expect it quite simple
they exist. They're called pmtimer and hpet. pmtimer is port io. hpet is memory mapped io.
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