Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S932228AbVKBCs0 (ORCPT ); Tue, 1 Nov 2005 21:48:26 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S932229AbVKBCs0 (ORCPT ); Tue, 1 Nov 2005 21:48:26 -0500 Received: from smtp2.Stanford.EDU ([171.67.16.125]:24209 "EHLO smtp2.Stanford.EDU") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S932228AbVKBCsZ (ORCPT ); Tue, 1 Nov 2005 21:48:25 -0500 Subject: Re: 2.6.14-rt1 From: Fernando Lopez-Lezcano To: Ingo Molnar Cc: nando@ccrma.Stanford.EDU, Rui Nuno Capela , "K.R. Foley" , Florian Schmidt , john stultz , Mark Knecht , Steven Rostedt , Thomas Gleixner , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org In-Reply-To: <1130876293.6178.6.camel@cmn3.stanford.edu> References: <20051017160536.GA2107@elte.hu> <20051020195432.GA21903@elte.hu> <20051030133316.GA11225@elte.hu> <1130876293.6178.6.camel@cmn3.stanford.edu> Content-Type: text/plain Date: Tue, 01 Nov 2005 18:47:42 -0800 Message-Id: <1130899662.12101.2.camel@cmn3.stanford.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.2.3 (2.2.3-2.fc4) Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1634 Lines: 39 On Tue, 2005-11-01 at 12:18 -0800, Fernando Lopez-Lezcano wrote: > On Sun, 2005-10-30 at 14:33 +0100, Ingo Molnar wrote: > > i have released the 2.6.14-rt1 tree, which can be downloaded from the > > usual place: > > > > http://redhat.com/~mingo/realtime-preempt/ > > > > this release is mainly about ktimer fixes: it updates to the latest > > ktimer tree from Thomas Gleixner (which includes John Stultz's latest > > GTOD tree), it fixes TSC synchronization problems on HT systems, and > > updates the ktimers debugging code. > > > > These together could fix most of the timer warnings and annoyances > > reported for 2.6.14-rc5-rt kernels. In particular the new > > TSC-synchronization code could fix SMP systems: the upstream TSC > > synchronization method is fine for 1 usec resolution, but it was not > > good enough for 1 nsec resolution and likely caused the SMP bugs > > reported by Fernando Lopez-Lezcano and Rui Nuno Capela. > > > > Please re-report any bugs that remain. > > 2.6.14-rt2 seems to be running fine on my athlon x2 smp system. Apart > from some time warp messages when starting up it looks fine so far (this > is on fc4). Actually, after enough time logged in (or maybe just with the kernel running without a reboot) I still get the usual Jack warnings: delay of 5469.000 usecs exceeds estimated spare time of 2641.000; restart ... -- Fernando - 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/