cpu-timer rate

[Matthew D. Fuller]

On Mon, Dec 05, 2005 at 10:15:52AM -0800 I heard the voice of
Kevin Oberman, and lo! it spake thus:
> > From: "Matthew D. Fuller" <fullermd at over-yonder.net>
> > 
> > Because the rate is always twice hz.
> 
> While I will concede that I have no explanation, but on all of my
> systems rate = HZ +/-1. I have never seen a case where rate/2 = HZ.

Well, OK, it always is when you're using the LAPIC timer, which I
think is on 6.x and up (with the APIC enabled, of course).  When
you're using irq0, it just runs at hz.


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