Return-Path: thread-index: AcQVpLRsy3rRzWfIR6yhd59TCkMIYQ== Envelope-to: paul@sumlocktest.fsnet.co.uk Delivery-date: Mon, 05 Jan 2004 12:20:35 +0000 Message-ID: <030601c415a4$b46f0110$d100000a@sbs2003.local> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Microsoft CDO for Exchange 2000 Date: Mon, 29 Mar 2004 16:44:21 +0100 Content-Class: urn:content-classes:message Importance: normal Priority: normal X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.3790.0 From: "Karol Kozimor" To: Cc: "Andrew Morton" , , "Arjan van de Ven" , "jw schultz" Subject: Re: [2.6.0-mm2] PM timer still has problems References: <20031230204831.GA17344@hell.org.pl> <20031230200249.107b56f0.akpm@osdl.org> <20040104004449.GA20647@hell.org.pl> <200401050117.06681.dtor_core@ameritech.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-2" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <200401050117.06681.dtor_core@ameritech.net> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i Sender: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org X-OriginalArrivalTime: 29 Mar 2004 15:44:22.0125 (UTC) FILETIME=[B48E21D0:01C415A4] Thus wrote Dmitry Torokhov: > I threw a monkey wrench in timer code and came up with the patch below... > It is not intended for inclusion as is, just some work in progress. > > I decided to go hpet way and use tsc in ACPI PM timer to do delay stuff > and monotonic clock. Plus there some code rearrangements, and stuff I grabbed > from the CPUFREQ list (Dominics + Li Shahoua P4 variable tsc info ), etc... > If there is an interest I can split the code into smaller chinks. For what > it worth I am running with ACPI PM timer, CPUFREQ (dynamically switching > frequency based on load) and Synaptics and everything is calm. Ntpd has also > stopped complaining about loosing sync... Well, no luck here. When clock=pmtmr is appended, the system hangs just after printing: #v+ Warning: clock= override failed. Defaulting to PIT Using pit for high-res timesource Detected 1700.598 MHz processor. Console: colour VGA+ 80x25 #v- The system boots fine without the clock= parameter, though. [it's an ASUS L3800C laptop with a P4-M and 2.6.1-rc1-mm1 with your patch on top] Best regards, -- Karol 'sziwan' Kozimor sziwan@hell.org.pl - 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/