Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 20 Jan 2000 15:22:15 -0800 (PST) | From | Jeremy Fitzhardinge <> | Subject | RE: Udelay and new CPUs |
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On 20-Jan-00 Alan Cox wrote: >> How does Linux on the TM3120 (and TM5400) cope with the variable speed >> in which the udelay loop is executed? > > Im told the next gen intel CPU's our udelay() wont work. I'm not under any > wonderous NDA's so I dont know why or what magic is planned, but an RDTSC > based udelay() has to get done anyway
Do the Transmeta chips emulate a TSC which goes at a constant rate, even though they dynamically change core frequency?
J
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