>>>>> On Tue, 8 Feb 2005 18:27:01 -0800, "John Lee" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said:
John> Maybe too broad a question but,
John> 1. What in IA64 platform contributes to ITC drift?
Are you asking when the IA64_SAL_PLATFORM_FEATURE_ITC_DRIFT bit should
be set? If so, then the answer is that it should be set whenever the
ITC clocks of the processors in a machine are not driven off the same
oscillator.
John> 2. What in IA64 platform contributes to TOD fluctuation?
John> (excluding the quality of oscillator)
NTP comes to mind. Any other error I can think of probably would lead
to a systematic error, not to fluctuations.
--david
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