Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1946766AbWJTBBs (ORCPT ); Thu, 19 Oct 2006 21:01:48 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1946773AbWJTBBr (ORCPT ); Thu, 19 Oct 2006 21:01:47 -0400 Received: from e32.co.us.ibm.com ([32.97.110.150]:33686 "EHLO e32.co.us.ibm.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1946766AbWJTBBq (ORCPT ); Thu, 19 Oct 2006 21:01:46 -0400 Subject: Re: 2.6.18-rt6 From: john stultz To: sergio@sergiomb.no-ip.org Cc: Ingo Molnar , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Thomas Gleixner , "Paul E. McKenney" , Dipankar Sarma , Arjan van de Ven , Mike Galbraith , Daniel Walker , Manish Lachwani , bastien.dugue@bull.net, Lee Revell In-Reply-To: <1161303812.3020.15.camel@localhost.portugal> References: <20061018083921.GA10993@elte.hu> <1161303812.3020.15.camel@localhost.portugal> Content-Type: text/plain Date: Thu, 19 Oct 2006 17:59:58 -0700 Message-Id: <1161305999.6961.142.camel@localhost> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.6.1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1335 Lines: 35 On Fri, 2006-10-20 at 01:23 +0100, Sergio Monteiro Basto wrote: > I just test rt6 it in my problematic VIA Board with one PENTIUM D (DUAL) > > 1. don't apply cleaning to 2.16.18.1 (on sparc arch ) > 2. I usual boot with notsc (because without it give me many lost time > tickets) > I try 2.16.18.1-rt6 without notsc and freeze on boot. > I try with notsc and says > Time: acpi_pm clocksource has been installed. > Looks stable and don't show any lost timer ticket on dmesg. Out of curiosity, does 2.6.18.1 require notsc (or booting w/ clocksource=acpi_pm) to be stable? Or is it just -rt6 that has this problem? > But I want also work with Nvidia dri which is a close drive from NVIDIA. > I install that drive and I enable DRI, After a few minutes I got a > spontaneous reboot. > I will keep testing without nvidia close source. > > And I like to know if this rt6 patch make this new clocksource (acpi_pm) > or just found it and use it ? -rt6 includes a patch from Thomas Gleixner that disables the TSC if dynticks are enabled in your config. thanks -john - 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/