Re: [PATCH 2/6] lguest tsc fix

On Wed, Jun 06, 2007 at 12:56:36AM +1000, Rusty Russell wrote:
> In recent -mm kernels, the TSC capability cannot be disabled,
> resulting in a divide by zero error in the normal sched_clock.

That will hopefully change. I hope hpa will just undo this.

> 
> The correct fix is to have a special lguest sched_clock
> implementation: this is as simple as it gets.

But gettimeofday might still use it. Is that ok for you?

-Andi
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