> > > Now that we have an accurate tsc frequency, I would like to expose this > > > information to userland via a sysctl. > > > > > > The diff below exposes the tsc frequency and if it is invariant. > > > > > > Cheers, > > > Adam > > > > > > > > Please ignore that diff, looks like i had some dregs from a older diff i > > had been testing > > Yeah, I've renamed a few things and deliberately skipped the sysctl part > so that we can test for regressions and don't mess with exposed interfaces > if we need to back out. So I'd wait a few weeks for people to get it > running on a variety of systems and report the fallout if any.
The frequency can be found in dmesg. Is there a particular reason why a piece of software has to query it with sysctl?