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DateThu, 18 Nov 2004 06:06:24 +0100
FromAndi Kleen <>
SubjectRe: X86_64: Many Lost ticks
On Thu, Nov 18, 2004 at 04:02:55AM +0000, kernel-stuff@comcast.net wrote:
> I have a X86_64 laptop (Compaq Presario R3240) with all BIOS updates in place. I routinely get the "Warning : many lost ticks" message in dmesg. 
Known problem.  ACPI uses a broken way to access the EC register,
and VIA chipsets take extremly long for this operation.  This
happens regularly to read the system temperature.
A fix is currently being discussed. 

-Andi
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