RE: CPU frequency shifting "problems"

Gerhard Mack (gmack@innerfire.net)
Fri, 28 Sep 2001 18:10:59 -0700 (PDT)

On Fri, 28 Sep 2001, Grover, Andrew wrote:
>
> I agree and have said the very thing internally, but TPTB have determined
> that the benefit of an open source driver is outweighed by the perceived
> competitive advantage of keeping it a trade secret. :(

Can you ask them what the competitive advantage is of effectively handing
the competition a speed advantage by forcing Linux users to not use the
TSC ?

I wonder how that would show up on the benchmarks...

Gerhard


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Gerhard Mack


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<>< As a computer I find your faith in technology amusing.




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