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Date: Sun, 6 Apr 2008 17:30:40 +0100
From: "Jack Harvard" <jack.harvard@googlemail.com>
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Subject: How does Linux measure CPU frequency?
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Hi,

I want to find out how Linux calibrates the frequency of CPUs, and
want to compare with the way how lmbench measures processor frequency.
I had a thorough google search of this topic but didn't get too much
useful results.

Thanks a lot,
Jack