Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S932746AbVITHCQ (ORCPT ); Tue, 20 Sep 2005 03:02:16 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S932747AbVITHCQ (ORCPT ); Tue, 20 Sep 2005 03:02:16 -0400 Received: from frankvm.xs4all.nl ([80.126.170.174]:27810 "EHLO janus.localdomain") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S932746AbVITHCP (ORCPT ); Tue, 20 Sep 2005 03:02:15 -0400 Date: Tue, 20 Sep 2005 09:02:14 +0200 From: Frank van Maarseveen To: Marc Perkel Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Lost Ticks Message-ID: <20050920070214.GA4208@janus> References: <432E3D4C.4070508@perkel.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <432E3D4C.4070508@perkel.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i X-Subliminal-Message: Use Linux! Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 823 Lines: 25 On Sun, Sep 18, 2005 at 09:23:40PM -0700, Marc Perkel wrote: > Got a dual core Athlon 64 X2 on an Asus board using NVidia chipset and > getting lost ticks. The software clock of course is totally messed up. > I've scanned google for a solution and see others complaining about bad > code in the SMM BIOS. I have the latest bios and whatever they need to > fix - isn't. > > So - what do I do to make it work? See http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=5105 On the kernel command-line: x86_64: try "notsc" i386: try "clock=pit" "nosmp" works but isn't fun. -- Frank - 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/