From: thockin@hockin.org
To: David Lang <dlang@digitalinsight.com>
Cc: Lee Revell <rlrevell@joe-job.com>,
Sven-Thorsten Dietrich <sven@mvista.com>,
linux-kernel <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: Dual core Athlons and unsynced TSCs
Date: Fri, 13 Jan 2006 14:23:49 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20060113222349.GA32363@hockin.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.62.0601131404311.9821@qynat.qvtvafvgr.pbz>
On Fri, Jan 13, 2006 at 02:05:23PM -0800, David Lang wrote:
> On Fri, 13 Jan 2006 thockin@hockin.org wrote:
>
> >On Fri, Jan 13, 2006 at 01:18:35PM -0800, David Lang wrote:
> >>Lee, the last time I saw this discussion I thought it was identified that
> >>the multiple cores (or IIRC the multiple chips in a SMP motherboard) would
> >>only get out of sync when power management calls were made (hlt or
> >>switching the c-state). IIRC the workaround that was posted then was to
> >>just disable these in the kernel build.
> >
> >not using 'hlt' when idling means that you spend 10s of Watts more power
> >on mostly idle systems.
>
> true, but for people who need better time accruacy then the other
> workaround this may be very acceptable.
sure, if power doesn't matter use idle=poll => problem solved.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2006-01-13 22:13 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 62+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2006-01-12 22:17 Dual core Athlons and unsynced TSCs Lee Revell
2006-01-13 15:10 ` Roger Heflin
2006-01-13 16:04 ` Steven Rostedt
2006-01-13 17:47 ` Lee Revell
2006-01-13 17:52 ` Steven Rostedt
2006-01-13 17:54 ` Lee Revell
2006-01-13 18:41 ` Steven Rostedt
2006-01-13 18:55 ` Lee Revell
2006-01-13 20:09 ` Steven Rostedt
2006-01-13 20:26 ` Steven Rostedt
2006-01-13 20:40 ` Lee Revell
2006-01-13 20:43 ` Lee Revell
2006-01-13 20:46 ` Thomas Gleixner
2006-01-13 20:48 ` Lee Revell
2006-01-13 20:51 ` Thomas Gleixner
2006-01-13 20:52 ` Steven Rostedt
2006-01-13 21:05 ` Steven Rostedt
2006-01-13 21:10 ` Thomas Gleixner
2006-01-13 21:17 ` Steven Rostedt
2006-01-16 9:52 ` Thomas Gleixner
2006-01-16 15:55 ` Steven Rostedt
2006-01-14 0:23 ` john stultz
2006-01-14 1:10 ` Steven Rostedt
2006-01-14 1:14 ` Lee Revell
2006-01-14 1:23 ` john stultz
2006-01-14 1:27 ` Lee Revell
2006-01-14 1:39 ` john stultz
2006-01-14 1:43 ` Steven Rostedt
2006-01-14 1:50 ` john stultz
2006-01-14 2:15 ` Steven Rostedt
2006-01-14 2:34 ` Steven Rostedt
2006-01-16 1:19 ` Andi Kleen
2006-01-14 6:54 ` Christoph Lameter
2006-01-13 18:06 ` thockin
2006-01-13 17:58 ` Lee Revell
2006-01-13 18:16 ` thockin
2006-01-13 18:09 ` Lee Revell
2006-01-13 18:55 ` thockin
2006-01-13 18:56 ` Sven-Thorsten Dietrich
2006-01-13 19:00 ` Lee Revell
2006-01-13 19:07 ` Sven-Thorsten Dietrich
2006-01-13 21:18 ` David Lang
2006-01-13 21:56 ` thockin
2006-01-13 22:05 ` David Lang
2006-01-13 22:18 ` Sven-Thorsten Dietrich
2006-01-13 22:49 ` David Lang
2006-01-14 0:41 ` Andreas Steinmetz
2006-01-14 1:04 ` David Lang
2006-01-14 1:21 ` Andreas Steinmetz
2006-01-14 1:51 ` thockin
2006-01-15 8:52 ` Zan Lynx
2006-01-15 16:25 ` thockin
2006-01-15 16:33 ` Lee Revell
2006-01-15 18:21 ` thockin
2006-01-15 18:29 ` Lee Revell
2006-01-15 18:49 ` thockin
2006-01-14 1:13 ` thockin
2006-01-13 22:23 ` thockin [this message]
2006-01-13 19:13 ` Xavier Bestel
2006-01-13 19:32 ` thockin
2006-01-13 20:58 ` Steven Rostedt
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2006-01-14 0:24 ` Robert Hancock
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