Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Thu, 30 Jan 2003 10:41:11 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Thu, 30 Jan 2003 10:41:11 -0500 Received: from pc2-cwma1-4-cust86.swan.cable.ntl.com ([213.105.254.86]:7560 "EHLO irongate.swansea.linux.org.uk") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Thu, 30 Jan 2003 10:41:11 -0500 Subject: Re: timer interrupts on HP machines From: Alan Cox To: praveen.ray@crcnet1.com Cc: Linux Kernel Mailing List In-Reply-To: <200301300934.54201.praveen.ray@crcnet1.com> References: <200301300934.54201.praveen.ray@crcnet1.com> Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Organization: Message-Id: <1043945075.31674.0.camel@irongate.swansea.linux.org.uk> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.2.1 (1.2.1-2) Date: 30 Jan 2003 16:44:36 +0000 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Thu, 2003-01-30 at 14:34, Praveen Ray wrote: > We have few HP (LPR NetServers and LT6000) which run 2.4.18 (from RedHat 8.0) > . The problem is that sometimes the time interrupts stop coming - i.e. the > (time) counts in /proc/interrupts stop getting incremented! When this > happens, the date on the system falls behind, 'sleep' calls stop working and > basically machine becomes unusable.Has anyone else encountered this problem? > Is it an HP issue? That I don't know ut my first question other than the usual "Have you applied the errata kernels" is probably whether its hitting some of the APIC funnies older hw occasionally has. Are they stable running "noapic" ? - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/