On Thu, Sep 29, 2022 at 09:14:51AM -0500, Scott Cheloha wrote:
> This patch computes the TSC frequency for AMD family 17h and 19h CPUs
> (Zen microarchitecture and up) from AMD-specific MSRs.  Computing the
> TSC frequency is faster than calibrating with a separate timer and
> introduces no error.
> 
> We already do this for Intel CPUs in tsc_freq_cpuid().
> 
> I got several successful test reports on family 17h and 19h CPUs in
> response to this mail:
> 
> https://marc.info/?l=openbsd-tech&m=166394236029484&w=2
> 
> The details for computing the frequency are in the PPR for 17h and
> 19h, found here (page numbers are cited in the patch):
> 
> https://www.amd.com/system/files/TechDocs/55570-B1-PUB.zip
> https://www.amd.com/system/files/TechDocs/56214-B0-PUB.zip
> 
> The process is slightly more complicated on AMD CPU families 10h-16h.
> I will deal with them in a separate commit.

1 week bump.

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