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DateSun, 30 Jul 2006 23:55:09 +0200
SubjectRe: REGRESSION: the new i386 timer code fails to sync CPUs
FromMatthias Urlichs <>
Hi,

Arjan van de Ven:
> if the hardware side is different *speed*.. then a tsc sync ain't going
> to work... sure we write to it but it's immediately out of sync again
>
No, it's in fact the same speed -- the BIOS just reads it wrongly.

I checked: the two date values do advance at the same rate.

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