On Mon, 24 Jan 2005, Brad Larson wrote: > I've seen more boards with slightly, sometimes dramatically, modified > cpu clock source for performance and production reliability reasons than > not having an external RTC. External RTC present and one kernel can > accurately enough report the cpu frequency for Toshiba "stock" values > and others as well. And you don't need a full-blown RTC even -- any reasonably accessible reference clock with a known frequency will do. Maciej