Messages in this thread | | | From | (Alan Cox) | Subject | Re: 2.1.122 oops: Div by 0 in gettimeofday | Date | Fri, 18 Sep 1998 18:43:10 +0100 (BST) |
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> I cannot test anything (lack of hardware/time) but I have maybe > an explanation: The TSC is only activated after the first use of it, > following a power-on or a suspend; i.e. it is only counting after > the first "rdtsc".
Its documented in the Cyrix errata and other notes. As to your fix there is a much nicer fix which sorts out the APM problems as well as the timer may stop problems and gives much better and faster clock handling. I've been running it for a while now without trouble
Its done by Scott Ananian, Andrew Balsa, Phil Gladstone..
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