Re: TSC as clocksource

From: Peter Zijlstra
Date: Mon Jan 10 2011 - 08:44:26 EST


On Mon, 2011-01-10 at 09:54 +1100, Rob wrote:
> Want to use TSC as clocksource
> have a Intel Core2 Duo with constant_tsc flag
> TSC should be stable at C1 + C2, it is debatable whether C3 is stable
>
> Using processor.max_cstate=2 to use only C1 + C2 changes nothing, still get
> Monitor-Mwait will be used to enter C-3 state
> there should be checks before this is forced
>
> Please CC answers, comments to my email.

Len, Thomas?
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