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To: Hacksaw <hacksaw@hacksaw.org>
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Subject: Re: [OT] Major Clock Drift
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Hacksaw wrote:
> 
> >I've discovered that heavy use of vesafb can be a major source of clock
> >drift on my system, especially if I don't specify "ypan" or "ywrap". On my
> 
> This is extremely interesting. What version of ntp are you using?

Is vesafb one of the drivers which blocks interrupts for (many) tens
of milliseconds?
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