Roman wrote:
I thought an OS kernel was supposed to synchronise hardware counters on 
multiple CPUs when it was loading??
Well, I don't know where that requirement is stated; but initialization aside, over time you surely can't think that resolution down to a tick (across a large MP) is stable over time, do you? Otherwise there'd be no need for protocols like NTP :>


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