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RE: [Xen-devel] Re: [PATCH] CPUIDLE: revise tsc-save/restore to avoid bi

To: "Tian, Kevin" <kevin.tian@xxxxxxxxx>, 'Keir Fraser' <keir.fraser@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, "Wei, Gang" <gang.wei@xxxxxxxxx>, "xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx" <xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: RE: [Xen-devel] Re: [PATCH] CPUIDLE: revise tsc-save/restore to avoid big tsc skew between cpus
From: "Tian, Kevin" <kevin.tian@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 5 Dec 2008 18:05:40 +0800
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Thread-topic: [Xen-devel] Re: [PATCH] CPUIDLE: revise tsc-save/restore to avoid big tsc skew between cpus
>From: Tian, Kevin
>Sent: Friday, December 05, 2008 6:00 PM
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>Then if we agree always aligning TSC to absolute platform timer
>counter, it doesn't make difference to use cpu_khz or local tsc_scale
>since both are using scale factor calculated within a small period
>to represent the underlying crystal frequency.
>

Let me hold back above words. As you said, cpu_khz has lower accuracy
by cutting down lowest bits.

Thanks,
Kevin
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