Udelay and new CPUs

[H. Peter Anvin]

Followup to:  <20000120192410.C408 en pcep-jamie.cern.ch>
By author:    Jamie Lokier <lkd en tantalophile.demon.co.uk>
In newsgroup: linux.dev.kernel
> 
> On the TM3120 and TM5400, does RDTSC count VLIW cycles or x86 cycles?
> :-)
>

There are no "x86 cycles" on Crusoe, so it counts VLIW cycles.  In
fact, on TM5400 it counts *nominal* cycles, since the actual cycle
length is variable (due to LongRun).

       -hpa
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