Re: [PATCH 1/1] x86 TSC: set X86_FEATURE_TSC_RELIABLE, per CPUID

From	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>
Newsgroups	linux.kernel
Subject	Re: [PATCH 1/1] x86 TSC: set X86_FEATURE_TSC_RELIABLE, per CPUID
Date	2015-06-04 09:20 +0200
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On 06/01/2015 05:45 PM, Len Brown wrote:
> 
> BTW, it also begs the question if Linux could actually *repair* the BIOS damage?
> 

We may very well be able to by setting the TSC offset register to zero
on all CPUs.

	-hpa


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Re: [PATCH 1/1] x86 TSC: set X86_FEATURE_TSC_RELIABLE, per CPUID "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com> - 2015-06-04 09:20 +0200

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