On Sun, 28 Feb 2010, Benoit PAPILLAULT wrote:
> OK. So let's say that between each register read, the following event can 
> happens :
> - TSF lower part rollover
> - TSF higher part rollover
> - TSF has been reset
> - TSF jumps (due to IBSS hardware merges). In this last case, we consider it 
> could happen only once during the whole register read sequence.
>
yes, but you don't need to worry about TSF higher part rollover..
TSF higher part rollover happens every 500 thousand years.


> I'll try to study all cases on a piece of paper.
Great..

Derek.
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