From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1753780Ab0ERACi (ORCPT ); Mon, 17 May 2010 20:02:38 -0400 Received: from mx2.mail.elte.hu ([157.181.151.9]:56494 "EHLO mx2.mail.elte.hu" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751996Ab0ERACf (ORCPT ); Mon, 17 May 2010 20:02:35 -0400 Date: Tue, 18 May 2010 02:02:21 +0200 From: Ingo Molnar To: Dan Magenheimer Cc: Thomas Gleixner , Andi Kleen , Arjan van de Ven , Venkatesh Pallipadi , "H. Peter Anvin" , chris.mason@oracle.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] x86: Export tsc related information in sysfs Message-ID: <20100518000221.GD20590@elte.hu> References: <87tyq9mqrz.fsf@basil.nowhere.org> <35aa841b-e151-424d-b1c1-0c03dbcae5cc@default> <20100517102214.GA20761@basil.fritz.box> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.20 (2009-08-17) X-ELTE-SpamScore: -2.0 X-ELTE-SpamLevel: X-ELTE-SpamCheck: no X-ELTE-SpamVersion: ELTE 2.0 X-ELTE-SpamCheck-Details: score=-2.0 required=5.9 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=no SpamAssassin version=3.2.5 -2.0 BAYES_00 BODY: Bayesian spam probability is 0 to 1% [score: 0.0009] Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org * Dan Magenheimer wrote: > Given that I'm not going to win this argument even > by pointing to examples, [...] You could win the argument by coming up with a patch that changes gettimeofday to make use of the TSC in a reliable manner. I really mean it - and it might be possible - but we have not found it yet. Thanks, Ingo