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From: Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@gmail.com>
To: dean gaudet <dean-list-linux-kernel@arctic.org>
Cc: "Pallipadi, Venkatesh" <venkatesh.pallipadi@intel.com>,
	john stultz <johnstul@us.ibm.com>,
	lkml <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [patch] prefer TSC over PM Timer
Date: Wed, 17 Nov 2004 09:19:53 -0500	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <d120d500041117061998c310b@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.61.0411161738370.13681@twinlark.arctic.org>

On Tue, 16 Nov 2004 17:50:42 -0800 (PST), dean gaudet
<dean-list-linux-kernel@arctic.org> wrote:
> on a tangent... has the local apic timer ever been considered?  it's fixed
> rate, and my measurements show it in the same performance ballpark as TSC.
> 

At least Dell laptops will die horrible death if you enable lapic,
probably others.

-- 
Dmitry

  parent reply	other threads:[~2004-11-17 14:19 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 22+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2004-11-16 18:27 [patch] prefer TSC over PM Timer Pallipadi, Venkatesh
2004-11-17  1:50 ` dean gaudet
2004-11-17 10:43   ` Mikael Pettersson
2004-11-17 14:19   ` Dmitry Torokhov [this message]
2004-11-17 15:31   ` Alan Cox
2004-11-17 17:48     ` summary (Re: [patch] prefer TSC over PM Timer) dean gaudet
2004-11-17 22:30       ` George Anzinger
2004-11-17 23:09         ` john stultz
2004-11-17 23:24           ` George Anzinger
2004-11-18  2:01   ` [patch] prefer TSC over PM Timer Krzysztof Halasa
  -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2004-11-17 15:08 Pallipadi, Venkatesh
2004-11-16  0:23 dean gaudet
2004-11-16  1:38 ` john stultz
2004-11-16  3:21   ` dean gaudet
2004-11-16  9:50     ` john stultz
2004-11-16 20:29       ` Dominik Brodowski
2004-11-16 21:06         ` john stultz
2004-11-16  8:11   ` Arjan van de Ven
2004-11-16  9:36     ` john stultz
2004-11-17 15:25     ` Alan Cox
2004-11-17 15:25 ` Alan Cox
2004-11-17 17:23   ` Chris Friesen

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