> On Mon, Oct 22, 2001 at 04:43:51PM -0400, Hong Hsu wrote:
> > But why the
> > PIT is used by kernel as TSC always come with an Intel x86 processor.
>
> Modern x86's yes. Don't forget Linux still runs on 386's.
> Also, the TSC is buggy on several x86 implementations.
>
> regards,
>
> Dave.
Thanks Dave,
Now I have learn this basic stuff. Is PIT part of motherboard
rather than belong to Intel processor?
I wish to read an article about that,
-Hong
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