[LAD] JACK and computer sleeping

[Steve Fosdick]

On Fri, 2009-03-06 at 17:21 -0500, Paul Davis wrote:
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> On Fri, Mar 6, 2009 at 4:46 PM, <torbenh at gmx.de> wrote:
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>         i guess this is due to jack_get_microseconds using hpet timer
>         default.
>         which shouldnt get hit by frequency changes.
> 
> its true that using the HPET time would/should eliminate all issues
> with freq scaling.
> how to tell users this?

HPET instead of what?  TSC?  It seems these days the TSC is fraught with
trouble.  The Wikipedia article on it is interesting:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time_Stamp_Counter

Regards,
Steve.