Re: How is user space notified of CPU speed changes?

[Chris Friesen]

Alan Cox wrote:
> On Gwe, 2004-10-22 at 20:40, Chris Friesen wrote:
>
> > x86 really could use an on-die register that increments at 1GHz independent of 
> > clock speed and is synchronized across all CPUs in an SMP box.

> HPET sort of is this but at chipset level

Right.  So you still have to go across the cpu bus to get it.

Chris
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