Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S266660AbUAWTS3 (ORCPT ); Fri, 23 Jan 2004 14:18:29 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S266663AbUAWTS2 (ORCPT ); Fri, 23 Jan 2004 14:18:28 -0500 Received: from e6.ny.us.ibm.com ([32.97.182.106]:19383 "EHLO e6.ny.us.ibm.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S266660AbUAWTRb (ORCPT ); Fri, 23 Jan 2004 14:17:31 -0500 Subject: Re: 2.6.1 "clock preempt"? From: john stultz To: timothy parkinson Cc: hauan@cmu.edu, Linux Kernel In-Reply-To: <20040123190205.GA477@h00a0cca1a6cf.ne.client2.attbi.com> References: <1074630968.19174.49.camel@steinar.cheme.cmu.edu> <1074633977.16374.67.camel@cog.beaverton.ibm.com> <1074697593.5650.26.camel@steinar.cheme.cmu.edu> <1074709166.16374.73.camel@cog.beaverton.ibm.com> <20040122193704.GA552@h00a0cca1a6cf.ne.client2.attbi.com> <1074800554.21658.68.camel@cog.beaverton.ibm.com> <20040122195026.GA579@h00a0cca1a6cf.ne.client2.attbi.com> <1074801242.21658.71.camel@cog.beaverton.ibm.com> <20040122200044.GA593@h00a0cca1a6cf.ne.client2.attbi.com> <1074806504.21658.76.camel@cog.beaverton.ibm.com> <20040123190205.GA477@h00a0cca1a6cf.ne.client2.attbi.com> Content-Type: text/plain Message-Id: <1074885449.12446.27.camel@localhost> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.4.5 (1.4.5-7) Date: Fri, 23 Jan 2004 11:17:29 -0800 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1058 Lines: 26 On Fri, 2004-01-23 at 11:02, timothy parkinson wrote: > On Thu, Jan 22, 2004 at 01:21:45PM -0800, john stultz wrote: > > Its likely you need to enable support in the kernel for your IDE > > controller, or your DMA on your controller isn't supported. > > so, apparently the problem was that i just needed to enable dma... which meant > that i needed to set "CONFIG_BLK_DEV_VIA82CXXX=y" in my .config. > > been running all night/morning with load - no "losing ticks" message or slowing > clock yet. thanks for pointing me in the right direction. > > think we could improve that error message? i'd never have guessed that it was > hard disk related if you hadn't told me... Well, lost ticks can be caused by many things, but your point is valid, the message could be a bit more elightening. thanks -john - 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/