RE: [PATCH] TX4927 processor can support different speeds

["Maciej W. Rozycki" <macro@linux-mips.org>]

On Mon, 24 Jan 2005, Brad Larson wrote:

> I've seen more boards with slightly, sometimes dramatically, modified 
> cpu clock source for performance and production reliability reasons than 
> not having an external RTC.  External RTC present and one kernel can 
> accurately enough report the cpu frequency for Toshiba "stock" values 
> and others as well.

 And you don't need a full-blown RTC even -- any reasonably accessible 
reference clock with a known frequency will do.

  Maciej