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Subject: Re: Patch?: linux-2.5.41 multiprocessor vs. CONFIG_X86_TSC
From: Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>
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On Thu, 2002-10-10 at 19:22, john stultz wrote:
> Actually, the TSC is only guaranteed to be a valid time source on
> uniprocessor machines. Linux tries its best to synchronize the TSCs
> across cpus at boot, however larger systems where all the cups are not

On a subset of uniprocessor machines...

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