Re: rtc max frequency setting

[Bill Davidsen]

H. Peter Anvin wrote:
> Jan Engelhardt wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > with the old rtc.ko module, there was a /proc/sys/dev/rtc/max-user-freq 
> > that could be set. With rtc_cmos.ko (or the new rtc infrastructure in 
> > general), I am missing this file. Where can I set the max-user-freq now, 
> > or is this obsolete now? (mplayer prefers to have user-freq to be >= 1024.)
>
> Qemu wants something like this too.  Both of these really want something
> else, which is a high-frequency userspace timer.
>
> What is the best way to do that on modern kernels?
/proc/sys/dev/hpet/max-user-freq? But I notice that some kernels provide 
both values (my 2.6.15, was where I looked), so maybe the rtc went away.

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