X86 timing: Difference between revisions

flesh out data about the TSC, especially the new RDTSCP instruction
link to sysfs properly
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* Multiple RTC's might exist in a machine, thus Linux's "RTC Class"
* Multiple RTC's might exist in a machine, thus Linux's "RTC Class"
** Each RTC gets a device node (by default, <tt>/dev/rtc*</tt>
** Each RTC gets a device node (by default, <tt>/dev/rtc*</tt>
** If [sysfs] is enabled, each gets an entry at <tt>/sys/class/rtc/*/</tt>:
** If [[sysfs]] is enabled, each gets an entry at <tt>/sys/class/rtc/*/</tt>:
<pre>[recombinator](0) $ ls /sys/class/rtc/rtc0/
<pre>[recombinator](0) $ ls /sys/class/rtc/rtc0/
date  device        name  since_epoch  time    wakealarm
date  device        name  since_epoch  time    wakealarm