From: Lee Revell <rlrevell@joe-job.com>
To: linux-kernel <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Cc: Andi Kleen <ak@suse.de>, john stultz <johnstul@us.ibm.com>
Subject: AMD X2 unsynced TSC fix?
Date: Fri, 27 Oct 2006 13:15:08 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <1161969308.27225.120.camel@mindpipe> (raw)
Someone recently pointed out to me that a Windows "CPU driver update"
supplied by AMD fixes the unsynced TSC problem on dual core AMD64
systems.
http://www.amd.com/us-en/Processors/TechnicalResources/0,,30_182_871_13118,00.html
"The AMD Dual-Core Optimizer can help improve some PC gaming video
performance by compensating for those applications that bypass the
Windows API for timing by directly using the RDTSC (Read Time Stamp
Counter) instruction. Applications that rely on RDTSC do not benefit
from the logic in the operating system to properly account for the
affect of power management mechanisms on the rate at which a processor
core's Time Stamp Counter (TSC) is incremented. The AMD Dual-Core
Optimizer helps to correct the resulting video performance effects or
other incorrect timing effects that these applications may experience on
dual-core processor systems, by periodically adjusting the core
time-stamp-counters, so that they are synchronized."
What are the chances of Linux getting a similar fix?
Lee
next reply other threads:[~2006-10-27 17:15 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 65+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2006-10-27 17:15 Lee Revell [this message]
2006-10-27 20:18 ` AMD X2 unsynced TSC fix? Luca Tettamanti
2006-10-27 23:04 ` thockin
2006-10-28 0:00 ` Luca Tettamanti
2006-10-28 0:17 ` Lee Revell
2006-10-28 2:46 ` thockin
2006-10-28 3:59 ` Andi Kleen
2006-10-28 6:32 ` thockin
2006-10-28 9:14 ` Vojtech Pavlik
2006-10-28 18:22 ` Lee Revell
2006-10-28 19:57 ` Vojtech Pavlik
2006-10-28 22:54 ` thockin
2006-10-28 1:04 ` Andi Kleen
2006-10-28 3:28 ` Lee Revell
2006-10-28 5:28 ` Willy Tarreau
2006-10-28 18:08 ` Lee Revell
2006-10-28 19:14 ` thockin
2006-10-30 17:22 ` Langsdorf, Mark
2006-10-28 18:37 ` Andi Kleen
2006-10-28 19:15 ` Willy Tarreau
2006-10-28 19:18 ` thockin
2006-10-28 19:32 ` Willy Tarreau
2006-10-28 19:42 ` thockin
2006-10-28 20:16 ` Willy Tarreau
2006-10-28 19:33 ` Andi Kleen
2006-10-28 20:04 ` Willy Tarreau
2006-10-28 20:11 ` Andi Kleen
2006-10-28 20:36 ` Willy Tarreau
2006-10-29 1:28 ` Lee Revell
2006-10-28 21:00 ` Lee Revell
2006-10-31 11:12 ` Pádraig Brady
2006-10-31 15:31 ` Willy Tarreau
2006-10-30 20:30 ` Christoph Lameter
2006-10-27 20:35 ` Andi Kleen
2006-10-27 20:41 ` Lee Revell
2006-10-27 21:48 ` Chris Friesen
2006-10-27 22:08 ` Lee Revell
2006-10-28 3:58 ` Sergio Monteiro Basto
2006-10-28 4:06 ` Andi Kleen
2006-10-28 4:22 ` Sergio Monteiro Basto
2006-10-30 3:10 ` Sergio Monteiro Basto
2006-10-30 15:23 ` Andi Kleen
[not found] ` <1162253008.2999.9.camel@localhost.portugal>
2006-10-31 0:14 ` Lee Revell
2006-10-31 0:25 ` john stultz
2006-10-31 2:41 ` Siddha, Suresh B
2006-10-31 15:05 ` Sergio Monteiro Basto
2006-11-01 1:46 ` Sergio Monteiro Basto
2006-11-01 2:44 ` Siddha, Suresh B
2006-11-08 0:22 ` Sergio Monteiro Basto
2006-11-08 19:53 ` Thomas Gleixner
2006-11-09 0:39 ` Sergio Monteiro Basto
2006-11-09 1:13 ` john stultz
2006-11-09 1:27 ` Sergio Monteiro Basto
2006-11-15 1:51 ` Sergio Monteiro Basto
[not found] ` <20061115193514.41C01102C011@mail.goron.de>
2006-11-16 1:38 ` Sergio Monteiro Basto
2006-11-16 1:45 ` Sergio Monteiro Basto
2006-10-28 6:35 ` thockin
2006-10-28 6:46 ` Andrew Morton
2006-10-28 6:49 ` thockin
2006-10-28 7:13 ` Andrew Morton
2006-10-28 7:25 ` thockin
2006-10-28 9:46 ` Andi Kleen
2006-10-28 9:45 ` Andi Kleen
2006-10-28 9:48 ` Andi Kleen
2006-10-27 21:58 ` Friedrich Göpel
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