Re: [RFC] CPUID usage for interaction between Hypervisors and Linux.

[Avi Kivity]

Chris Wright wrote:
> * Anthony Liguori (anthony@xxxxxxxxxxxxx) wrote:
>   
> > And arguably, storing TSC frequency in CPUID is a terrible interface  
> > because the TSC frequency can change any time a guest is entered.  It  
> >     
>
> True for older hardware, newer hardware should fix this.  I guess the
> point is, the are numbers that are easy to measure incorrectly in guest.
> Doesn't justify the whole thing..
>   

It's not fixed for newer hardware.  Larger systems still have multiple 
tsc frequencies.

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