> Actually, I'm now getting concerned about interrupts happening
> between doing the LATCH and the RDTSC. [pause to try an experiment]
>
> Yup -- adding a cli() / restore pair around the crucial code
> in pentium_timer_interrupt helps a lot.
Makes sense. Now we ought to start integrating/cleaning all these
patches, test suites, and ideas.
--Scott
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