[patch] hp-timing for powerpc64
Paul Mackerras
paulus@samba.org
Sun Jun 19 00:13:00 GMT 2005
Ulrich Drepper writes:
> Yes, we do, but at least it means that each unit is one cycle of t he
> CPU which then can be translated into seconds. From what I know this
> isn't the case with mftb, where different implementations increment the
> counter differently.
On reflection, I guess you are thinking of the RTC registers in the
601, which was different -- it had the RTC registers from the old
POWER architecture rather than the timebase register that the PowerPC
architecture specifies.
All 64-bit PowerPC machines have a timebase register, which is a
simple 64-bit binary counter which increments at a constant frequency
and can be read with the mftb instruction. So it should be OK to use
it for the hp-timing facility for powerpc64.
Paul.
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