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    SubjectRe: [PATCH] x86: Export tsc related information in sysfs
    > I'm not in favor of emulating rdtsc instructions.  I would consider
    > letting them SIGILL (actually SIGSEGV since RDTSC #GP in userspace) when
    > the TSC is unavailable, though.

    I doubt we could ever do that, it would likely break just too much
    code. Yes the code is already broken likely on some system, but there's
    a big difference between wrong time and crash.

    -Andi
    --
    ak@linux.intel.com -- Speaking for myself only.


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