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SubjectRe: [PATCH] All Transmeta CPUs have constant TSCs
On Fri, 5 Jan 2007, Jan Engelhardt wrote:

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> On Jan 4 2007 17:48, H. Peter Anvin wrote:
> >
> >[i386] All Transmeta CPUs have constant TSCs
> >All Transmeta CPUs ever produced have constant-rate TSCs.
>
> A TSC is ticking according to the CPU frequency, is not it?

transmeta decided years before intel and amd that a constant rate tsc
(unaffected by P-state) was the only sane choice. on transmeta cpus the
tsc increments at the maximum cpu frequency no matter what the P-state
(and no matter what longrun is doing behind the kernel's back).

mind you, many people thought this was a crazy choice at the time...

-dean
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