Re: [patch] Mark rdtsc as sync only for netburst, not for core2

From: Zhang, Yanmin
Date: Wed Nov 29 2006 - 04:09:06 EST


On Wed, 2006-11-29 at 09:35 +0100, Arjan van de Ven wrote:
> Zhang, Yanmin wrote:
> >> but second of all, the core2 cpus are dual core so.. .what does it
> >> bring you at all?
> >
> > When there is only one cpu (or UP), the go backwards issue doesn't exist,
>
> it does exist for single-socket dual core already. And core2 is dual
> core...
>
> > so
> > don't use cpuid here for UP. Another function init_amd already does so.
> >
> not anymore.. that got fixed very recently...
Thanks.

> (but you are right; on AMD the speculation is even bigger so there
> even on single core you need cpuid)
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