In message <20051101080018.R18382_at_fledge.watson.org>, Robert Watson writes: >One nice thing about the Linux TSC model, despite its limitations, is that >it provides a middle ground between incrementing the clock in ticks and >providing a more continuous measure of time, by allowing interpolation >between ticks. Which is also exactly what we do. The only real difference is that Linux trusts the TSC in cases where we don't. -- Poul-Henning Kamp | UNIX since Zilog Zeus 3.20 phk_at_FreeBSD.ORG | TCP/IP since RFC 956 FreeBSD committer | BSD since 4.3-tahoe Never attribute to malice what can adequately be explained by incompetence.Received on Tue Nov 01 2005 - 07:11:45 UTC
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