Re: do_gettimeofday vs. rdtsc in the scheduler

From: David S. Miller (davem@redhat.com)
Date: Tue Sep 17 2002 - 18:51:31 EST


   From: Andi Kleen <ak@suse.de>
   Date: Wed, 18 Sep 2002 01:58:38 +0200
   
   The local APIC timer is specified in the Intel Manual volume 3 for example.
   It's an optional feature (CPUID), but pretty much everyone has it.

It is internal or external to the processor? Ie. can it be in the
southbridge or something? If yes, then I still hold my point.

You shouldn't have to PIO to get a reliable timer value.
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