Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S266158AbUFUIZk (ORCPT ); Mon, 21 Jun 2004 04:25:40 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S266164AbUFUIX5 (ORCPT ); Mon, 21 Jun 2004 04:23:57 -0400 Received: from gprs187-64.eurotel.cz ([160.218.187.64]:13696 "EHLO midnight.ucw.cz") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S266163AbUFUIX3 (ORCPT ); Mon, 21 Jun 2004 04:23:29 -0400 Date: Mon, 21 Jun 2004 10:23:55 +0200 From: Vojtech Pavlik To: Ricky Beam Cc: Jeff Garzik , Linux Kernel Subject: Re: 2.6.7-bk way too fast Message-ID: <20040621082355.GB1200@ucw.cz> References: <40D64DF7.5040601@pobox.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1110 Lines: 30 On Sun, Jun 20, 2004 at 11:29:04PM -0400, Ricky Beam wrote: > On Sun, 20 Jun 2004, Jeff Garzik wrote: > >Something is definitely screwy with the latest -bk. > > I'm not seeing any troubles... > > [root:pts/11{4}]spork:~/[11:26 PM]:uname -a > Linux spork.troz.com 2.6.7-SMP+BK@1.1400 #15 SMP BK[20040618194307] Fri Jun > 18 15:56:38 EDT 2004 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux > > time.c: Using 1.193182 MHz PIT timer. > > >My guess would be someone broke HPET, but maybe not judging from other > >lkml reports. > > It could be. All my systems have an HPET enabled kernel, but none of them > are actually reporting HPET as a timing source. x86-64 has a different HPET driver than i386. And HPET is only used when present in the machine (so far only AMD chipsets), _and_ reported by the ACPI BIOS. Which is rather uncommon. -- Vojtech Pavlik SuSE Labs, SuSE CR - 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/