Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: [PATCH] i386: Selectable Frequency of the Timer Interrupt | From | Krzysztof Halasa <> | Date | Thu, 14 Jul 2005 23:19:14 +0200 |
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Vojtech Pavlik <vojtech@suse.cz> writes:
> HPETs have a fixed frequency (usually 14.31818 MHz, but that depends > on the manufacturer). > >> - 64-bit "match timer" (i.e., a register in the counter which fires IRQ >> when it matches the counter value) > > That's implemented in the HPET hardware.
Interesting. So it could theoretically work. Unless the machine in question lacks HPET. -- Krzysztof Halasa - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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