On Thu, Sep 06, 2007 at 02:24:30PM -0400, Leisner, Martin wrote: > What exactly do we mean by "timebase"? > > There a symbol in arch/powerpc/time.c:ppc_proc_freq which looks like the > processor frequency (derived from the dts). But its not exported. > > There's also ppc_tb_freq.
The timebase is the rate at which the timebase and decrementer registers tick. It is not the same as the CPU core frequency. -Scott _______________________________________________ Linuxppc-embedded mailing list Linuxppc-embedded@ozlabs.org https://ozlabs.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxppc-embedded