Re: do_gettimeofday vs. rdtsc in the scheduler

[Andi Kleen]

On Tue, Sep 17, 2002 at 04:51:31PM -0700, David S. Miller wrote:
>    From: Andi Kleen <[e-mail]>
>    Date: Wed, 18 Sep 2002 01:58:38 +0200
>    
>    The local APIC timer is specified in the Intel Manual volume 3 for example.
>    It's an optional feature (CPUID), but pretty much everyone has it.
> 
> It is internal or external to the processor?  Ie. can it be in the
> southbridge or something?  If yes, then I still hold my point.

Local Apic is in the cpu.

-Andi