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From: Andy Lutomirski <luto@kernel.org>
Date: Wed, 2 Dec 2015 15:59:28 -0800
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Subject: Re: Skylake (XPS 13 9350) TSC is way off
To: John Stultz <john.stultz@linaro.org>
Cc: Andy Lutomirski <luto@kernel.org>, "Brown, Len" <len.brown@intel.com>,
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        X86 ML <x86@kernel.org>, "Hunter, Adrian" <adrian.hunter@intel.com>
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On Wed, Dec 2, 2015 at 3:42 PM, John Stultz <john.stultz@linaro.org> wrote:
> On Wed, Dec 2, 2015 at 3:38 PM, John Stultz <john.stultz@linaro.org> wrote:
>> On Wed, Dec 2, 2015 at 3:25 PM, Andy Lutomirski <luto@kernel.org> wrote:
>>> In case it's at all useful, adjtimex -p says:
>>>
>>>          mode: 0
>>>        offset: 0
>>>     frequency: 135641
>>>      maxerror: 37498
>>>      esterror: 1532
>>>        status: 8192
>>> time_constant: 2
>>>     precision: 1
>>>     tolerance: 32768000
>>>          tick: 10000
>>>      raw time:  1449098317s 671243180us = 1449098317.671243180
>>>
>>> this suggests a rather small correction, so I really have no idea what
>>> "Adjusting tsc more than 11% (8039115 vs 7759462)" means.
>>>
>>> John, you wrote this code.  What does the error message mean?
>
> Also, is there a behavior issue you're seeing or is this just a
> concern about the warning? I assumed it was the first, but digging up
> the thread here I'm not sure I see any specific problems listed.

No, there's no actual problem I'm aware of other than the error
message.  Skylake's TSC is different from other chips, and this is
Skylake, and I was worried that something was wrong with the initial
calibration.  It seems like the initial calibration may be fine,
though.

--Andy
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