Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: AMD X2 unsynced TSC fix? | From | Lee Revell <> | Date | Fri, 27 Oct 2006 18:08:22 -0400 |
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On Fri, 2006-10-27 at 15:48 -0600, Chris Friesen wrote: > Lee Revell wrote: > > > What exactly does that AMD patch do? > > "...by periodically adjusting the core time-stamp-counters, so that they > are synchronized." > > It sounds like they just periodically write a new value to the TSC. > Presumably they set the "slower" one equal to the "faster" one. > > You'd likely still have windows where time might run backwards, but it > would be better than nothing.
The patch also apparently changes boot params to make the OS use the ACPI PM timer, so it must not be a complete solution.
Lee
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