Re: time and timers in FreeMWare

[Timothy J. Massey]

On Fri, 20 Aug 1999 01:12:03 +0200, Ramon van Handel wrote:

>> So if we wanted highly accurate timing, we need a mechanism for
>> interrupting us in the middle.  Fortunately, the built-in
>> APIC on the Pentium has a timer based on CPU clock speed which
>> can do this.  It can be programmed to either periodic or one-shot
>> mode.  (thanks to one of the developers for suggesting use of
>> this timer facility)
>
>The problem is that we still don't know whether this timer
>is present on AMD.  I fear that it may not be.

I could be wrong (it wouldn't be the first time), but isn't the APIC part of
the chipset?  If so, the AMD would have the same facilities as the Pentium: 
they use the same chipsets...

Tim Massey