finding out the processor frequency

[Scott Wood]

On Thu, Sep 06, 2007 at 02:24:30PM -0400, Leisner, Martin wrote:
> What exactly do we mean by "timebase"?
> 
> There a symbol in arch/powerpc/time.c:ppc_proc_freq which looks like the
> processor frequency (derived from the dts).  But its not exported.
> 
> There's also ppc_tb_freq.

The timebase is the rate at which the timebase and decrementer registers
tick.  It is not the same as the CPU core frequency.

-Scott