List,
I just logged in to a machine with a modern AMD cpu, it also has a TSC.
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~> cat /proc/cpuinfo
processor : 0
vendor_id : AuthenticAMD
cpu family : 6
model : 6
model name : AMD Athlon(TM) XP 2000+
stepping: 2
cpu MHz : 1668.736
Hi Jeroen,
Thanx for your fast answer.
to use the TSC, the processor has to have a tsc, you can see that in
/proc/cpuinfo, for as far as I know, every P4 has it (but I'm not sure),
it's in the "flags" of cpuinfo:
On my P4-1800:
flags : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep
Indeed, changing the timer to 1000Hz is possible, it turned out that I
have a machine here running with a 1000Hz timer ticker. (I've installed a
"realtime" kernel on it for audio recording).
About your previous question, I've noticed that the system with 1000Hz
ticker (which has been running f
