Subject: Re: 2.6.1 "clock preempt"?
From: john stultz <johnstul@us.ibm.com>
To: timothy parkinson <t@timothyparkinson.com>
Cc: hauan@cmu.edu, Linux Kernel <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
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On Fri, 2004-01-23 at 12:38, timothy parkinson wrote:
> no problem, i'll take it from here.
> 
> * Running with SpeedStep (this is a cpu thing i assume?) could cause this.
> * Not having DMA enabled on your hard disk(s) could cause this.  See the hdparm
>   utility to enable it.
> * Incorrect TSC synchronization on SMP systems could cause this.
> * Anything else?

Not that I can think of right off. Sounds good.

Thanks!
-john


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