Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 26 May 2010 14:30:45 +0200 (CEST) | From | Thomas Gleixner <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] x86: Export tsc related information in sysfs |
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On Tue, 25 May 2010, Brian Bloniarz wrote:
> On 05/24/2010 09:33 PM, Brian Bloniarz wrote: > > So what's wrong with just adding a > > /sys/devices/system/clocksource/clocksource0/tsc_khz?
It's wrong because TSC is an x86'ism.
> As an RFC: > > Add clocksource.sys_register & sys_unregister so the > current clocksource can add supplemental information to > /sys/devices/system/clocksource/clocksource0/ > > Export tsc_khz when current_clocksource==tsc so that > daemons like NTP can account for the variability of > calibration results.
I'd rather see a generic solution which provides the information of the current (and possibly those of the available) clock source(s).
This x86 centric TSC world view is horrible.
Thanks,
tglx
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