----- Original Message -----
From: "Jun Sun" <jsun@mvista.com>
> On Thu, Jun 05, 2003 at 01:15:47AM +0200, Ralf Baechle wrote:
> > On Wed, Jun 04, 2003 at 03:39:30PM -0700, Jun Sun wrote:
> >
> > > 1) clocks on different CPUs don't have the same frequency
> > > 2) clocks on different CPUs drift to each other
> > > 2) some fancy power saving feature such as frequency scaling
> > >
> > > But I think for a foreseeable future most MIPS SMP machines
> > > don't have the above issues (true?). And it is probably worthwile
> > > to synchronize count registers for them.
> >
> > 1) and 2) affect most SGI systems.
> >
>
> Assuming SGI systems represent the past of MIPS, we are still ok
> future-wise. :)
I personally think it would be foolish to assume that future MIPS
MP systems will not be subject to one or more such constraint.
Kevin K.
