Re: Timer idea

linux-os (Dick Johnson) wrote:

On ix86 machines, basic time comes from chip(s), read from ports.
That's just another tiny little problem.

I'm sure you already know this, but x86 can also use the HPET for timestamps, as well as the TSC if it's available.

Chris
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