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Subject: Re: [PATCH][2.6.7-mm1] perfctr ppc32 update
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On Tue, 2004-06-22 at 17:18, Mikael Pettersson wrote:

> So can I assume constant TB speed? In that case I don't
> really care about core speed changes.

So far, tb speed is constant yes, I haven't seen a case where it's
not. What we should really do is to expose the tb speed to userspace
generically on ppc, possibly via /proc/cpuinfo like we do on ppc64,
it definitely has other uses than just profiling.

Ben.