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From: Thomas Monjalon <thomas@monjalon.net>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] eal/ppc64: revert implement arch-specific
	TSC freq query
Date: Thu, 01 Feb 2018 01:29:56 +0100
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30/01/2018 09:59, Gowrishankar:
> From: Gowrishankar Muthukrishnan <gowrishankar.m@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
> 
> This reverts commit 15692396fd68932b6a81f00f12d4b0da12baa7d3
> (eal/ppc64: implement arch-specific TSC freq query). We intended
> to derive pkt/sec estimation with cpu clock frequency. As timebase
> register serves the timer purpose, we need to stick with it for
> calculating pkt/sec, hence reverting the change.
> 
> Fixes: 15692396fd (eal/ppc64: implement arch-specific TSC freq query)

It is not clear what it is fixing.

Chao, please review.