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> If you're suspending for that long, you ought to shut down the CPU
> core completely. I don't buy the argument *that having the TSC shut
> down on HLT saves power*; they should have put the TSC in a different
> clock domain.

It doesn't shut down on HLT instructions it shuts down when you halt the CPU
for power saving. Thats a very different thing. And if you compare the
idle current of a 6x86 told to stop the TSC and told not to stop the TSC
you'll find it really does make a difference


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