[Debian-eeepc-devel] Which clocksource timer shoud we use for eeepc ?

giggzounet giggzounet at gmail.com
Wed Aug 4 08:35:13 UTC 2010


Hi,

on this page http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/EeePc I have read that:
Use the integrated HPET timer (saves about 30 CPU wake ups per second)
Should be used by default.
$ cat /sys/devices/system/clocksource/clocksource0/current_clocksource
This should return 'hpet'

On my debian stable it returns tsc. On google I have found that tsc is
the default. Has anyone infos on this ? Which clocksource timer is
better for eeepc ? Are there problems with hpet ?

Best regards,
Guillaume



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