Getting TSC rate in x86 kernel
问题 I have an embedded Linux system running on an Atom, which is a new enough CPU to have an invariant TSC (time stamp counter), whose frequency the kernel measures on startup. I use the TSC in my own code to keep time (avoiding kernel calls), and my startup code measures the TSC rate, but I'd rather just use the kernel's measurement. Is there any way to retrieve this from the kernel? It's not in /proc/cpuinfo anywhere. 回答1: I had a brief look and there doesn't seem to be a built-in way to