Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S932128AbXBWLpG (ORCPT ); Fri, 23 Feb 2007 06:45:06 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S932185AbXBWLpG (ORCPT ); Fri, 23 Feb 2007 06:45:06 -0500 Received: from mx2.mail.elte.hu ([157.181.151.9]:56766 "EHLO mx2.mail.elte.hu" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S932128AbXBWLpE (ORCPT ); Fri, 23 Feb 2007 06:45:04 -0500 Date: Fri, 23 Feb 2007 12:39:57 +0100 From: Ingo Molnar To: Andrew Morton Cc: tglx@linutronix.de, dwalker@mvista.com, torvalds@linux-foundation.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Linux 2.6.21-rc1 Message-ID: <20070223113957.GA3111@elte.hu> References: <1172075053.8577.38.camel@imap.mvista.com> <1172077664.25076.75.camel@localhost.localdomain> <1172078340.8577.43.camel@imap.mvista.com> <1172079671.25076.80.camel@localhost.localdomain> <20070223020829.40e5fac3.akpm@linux-foundation.org> <20070223113500.GB1177@elte.hu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20070223113500.GB1177@elte.hu> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.2i X-ELTE-VirusStatus: clean X-ELTE-SpamScore: -0.5 X-ELTE-SpamLevel: X-ELTE-SpamCheck: no X-ELTE-SpamVersion: ELTE 2.0 X-ELTE-SpamCheck-Details: score=-0.5 required=5.9 tests=BAYES_20 autolearn=no SpamAssassin version=3.1.7 -0.5 BAYES_20 BODY: Bayesian spam probability is 5 to 20% [score: 0.0559] Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 779 Lines: 26 * Ingo Molnar wrote: > > * Andrew Morton wrote: > > > I already bisected this on my old pIII, which has the same problem: > > clockevents-i386-drivers.patch > > yes - we know what the problem is (and will fix it): the stopping of the > PIT - nmi_watchdog=1 is hack to use the IO-APIC's PIT pin to also signal > NMIs. > > Just to clarify, this problem does not occur if HIGH_RES_TIMERS is > off, correct? s/does not occur/does occur/ we switch off the PIT whenever we can. Ingo - 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/