Subject: Re: [linux-audio-dev] PPC Linux, precision timing problem
From: Lee Revell (rlrevell_AT_joe-job.com)
Date: Sun Nov 21 2004 - 20:36:42 EET
On Sun, 2004-11-21 at 18:13 +0100, Robert Jonsson wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Another RTC question that is absolutely unrelated to the other one
> (promise ;-).
>
> Been poking at a PPC based linux system lately. Now, if I've been correctly
> informed (and my photagrafik memory isn't playing tricks on me) the Apple PPC
> platforms lacks an RTC compatible device.
>
> Major stumbling block... how does one accomplish an high resolution timer in
> this environment, any ideas?
>
> What does a Mac use?
It's called the Time Base register. See the CPU frequency scaling
thread from last month's jackit-devel archives for a discussion.
Lee
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