Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S262325AbUKQOT4 (ORCPT ); Wed, 17 Nov 2004 09:19:56 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S262328AbUKQOT4 (ORCPT ); Wed, 17 Nov 2004 09:19:56 -0500 Received: from rproxy.gmail.com ([64.233.170.206]:58219 "EHLO rproxy.gmail.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S262325AbUKQOTz (ORCPT ); Wed, 17 Nov 2004 09:19:55 -0500 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:message-id:date:from:reply-to:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:references; b=P0yVWYynKI3L8xOzysBFj/vsoZRh/5DtI1AzS7VmQY5VRCycDJQmO+0JN8QrRPsDmfnH1BhA3pybaxnyhiWbMBXPTSeRDA9IPJ1s+1sNuw8PiCfxUhjdI9OTMsmmRBgnIJK+Vp2vLmhsubK4uZUhZt7R7uoZYwrxSORJQ46sL7E= Message-ID: Date: Wed, 17 Nov 2004 09:19:53 -0500 From: Dmitry Torokhov Reply-To: dtor_core@ameritech.net To: dean gaudet Subject: Re: [patch] prefer TSC over PM Timer Cc: "Pallipadi, Venkatesh" , john stultz , lkml In-Reply-To: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit References: <88056F38E9E48644A0F562A38C64FB60035C613D@scsmsx403.amr.corp.intel.com> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 595 Lines: 16 On Tue, 16 Nov 2004 17:50:42 -0800 (PST), dean gaudet wrote: > on a tangent... has the local apic timer ever been considered? it's fixed > rate, and my measurements show it in the same performance ballpark as TSC. > At least Dell laptops will die horrible death if you enable lapic, probably others. -- Dmitry - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/