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Subject: Re: [PATCH][2.6.7-mm1] perfctr ppc32 update
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Hrm... your code will not work with externally clocked timebases
(like the G5) and I'm not sure you get the core freq. right with
CPU that can do clock slewing or machines that can switch the
core/bus ratio (laptops).

We should rather define an arch API to return those infos...

Ben.