Subject: Re: TB - Time Base Register
From: Steve Poole (sp@is2-isnot.com)
Date: Wed Feb 21 2001 - 22:21:09 MST
TNX... Will do. I have developed a suite of assembly routines, they all
work, but I get results that are not clock consistent. I will post and let
anyone know that is interested.
Steve...
At 12:35 AM 02/22/2001 -0500, you wrote:
>On Wed, 21 Feb 2001, Steve Poole wrote:
>
> > Before I go off and start recursive grep'ing the kernel source, can anyone
> > shed any light on the implementation of the TB register under Linux ? This
> > register takes the place of the old Power RTC. The esoteric question here
> > is under Linux, what is a tick ? i.e. how many nano-seconds ?
>
>10ms I believe... aka a jiffie. :)
>
>But I'm not the one to ask. The real place to ask kernel implementation
>details is linuxppc-dev@lists.linuxppc.org.
>
>-Hollis
Steve Poole
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