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Date: Mon, 2 Apr 2001 08:46:47 +0200 (=?X-UNKNOWN?Q?Westeurop=E4ische_Sommerzeit?=)
From: Thomas Pfaff <tpfaff@gmx.net>
To: Steven Walter <srwalter@yahoo.com>
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Subject: Re: 2.4.2: System clock slows down under load
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On Tue, 27 Mar 2001, Steven Walter wrote:

> On Tue, Mar 27, 2001 at 01:42:39PM +0200, Thomas Pfaff wrote:
> > Hi all,
> >
> > i decided to make a test for the 2.4 kernel on my old hardware (Gigabyte
> > EISA/VLB with an AMD 486 DX4 133). The kernel boots fine but there is one
> > strange thing: The system clock slows down under load, after a make
> > dep in the linux src directory it is about 2 minutes behind. This appears
> > both in 2.4.1 and in 2.4.2 (I have not tried 2.4.0 yet).
> >
> > I have attached a gzipped dmesg.
> >
> > Any ideas ?
>
> I notice that you're using fbcon from your dmesg.  There was a
> discussion about this a while back, and it was determined that fbcon
> runs with interrupts disabled for unhealthily long period of time.  This
> causes it to miss timer interrupts, and the system lock get behind.  See
> if this slowdown occurs with vgacon.  If it does, its probably just a
> cheap crystal on the motherboard.
>
> --
> -Steven
> Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two equals four.
>
>
>

You are right. If i compile with vgacon it works fine.

I would be really glad if vesa fbcon in 2.4 would run without that problem
like in all 2.2 kernels i have installed. It is the easiest way to get X
and virtual consoles on my S3 graphic card.

Thanks,

Thomas


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