Il 03/06/2013 09:38, Gleb Natapov ha scritto: >> > Turbo boost could also contribute to lowering the number of cycles; a >> > boosted processor has ref cpu cycles that are _longer_ than the regular >> > cycles (thus they count in smaller numbers). Maybe that's why "core >> > cycles" didn't go below N. >> > > "core cycles" are subject to Turbo boost changes, not ref cycles. Since > instruction are executed at core frequency ref cpu cycles count may be > indeed smaller. Yes, that's what I was trying to say. :) Paolo -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe kvm" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html