Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S932540AbWBECYR (ORCPT ); Sat, 4 Feb 2006 21:24:17 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S932289AbWBECYR (ORCPT ); Sat, 4 Feb 2006 21:24:17 -0500 Received: from mustang.oldcity.dca.net ([216.158.38.3]:1941 "HELO mustang.oldcity.dca.net") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S932215AbWBECYQ (ORCPT ); Sat, 4 Feb 2006 21:24:16 -0500 Subject: Re: athlon 64 dual core tsc out of sync From: Lee Revell To: Albert Cahalan Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, s0348365@sms.ed.ac.uk, safemode@comcast.net In-Reply-To: <787b0d920602041745k65504414taaaef7f6d75b364c@mail.gmail.com> References: <787b0d920602041224p660911b5mc4d639581736e96f@mail.gmail.com> <1139101243.2791.78.camel@mindpipe> <787b0d920602041745k65504414taaaef7f6d75b364c@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain Date: Sat, 04 Feb 2006 21:24:13 -0500 Message-Id: <1139106254.2791.91.camel@mindpipe> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.5.90 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 586 Lines: 14 On Sat, 2006-02-04 at 20:45 -0500, Albert Cahalan wrote: > Clock ticks get lost all the time. The BIOS may decide do grab the > CPU in SMM (system management mode) for many milliseconds at a time. And FWIW such systems should be considered horribly broken - this behavior renders them useless for a wide range of common applications. Lee - 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/