Re: [PATCH] Intel clock speed detection

Thomas Molina (tmolina@probe.net)
Tue, 30 Dec 1997 23:21:35 -0600 (CST)

Rumor semi-confirmed. My AMD K6-166 runs the code just fine
and reports its speed as 167.04 MHz.

On Tue, 30 Dec 1997, Robert Woodcock wrote:

> Rumors abound however that the AMD K6 implements rdtsc. All
> post-pentium Intel x86 processors such as the PPro and Pentium II
> implement it also. Apparently it doesn't work on 6x86's. I haven't
> heard anything on the 6x86MX chips but I'd imagine it would support
> it. Likewise, I'd take a guess and say the K5 doesn't. (But hey why
> guess when you can conduct surveys on busy mailing lists? ;)