Re: [PATCH][RFC] sort out CLOCK_TICK_RATE usage [1/3]

[David Mosberger]

>>>>> On Mon, 12 Apr 2004 07:57:05 +0000, Thorsten Kranzkowski <dl8bcu@xxxxxxxxx> said:

  Thorsten> Introducing PIC_TIC_RATE.

What's this meant for?  At least for IA-64, there is zero guarantee
that there will be a timer ticking at this rate.  There are some
machines where this is the case (the ones using Intel chipsets, I
believe), but it isn't true for most machines with non-Intel chipsets
(which are common).

	--david
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