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SubjectRe: 2.6.15-rt2 x86_64 SMP instability
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On Sun, 2006-01-08 at 19:26 -0500, Steven Rostedt wrote:
> Yep, this is a known issue, with the x86_64 SMP. The timestamp counter
> does not run in sync with each cpu, so the timing gets all screwed up.
> If you want to fix this, boot with the command line option idle=poll.
> But, unfortunately, this means that the cpu will waste energy even when
> it's not doing anything.
>
> I'm looking into ways to fix this for my main machine which is also a
> x86_64 SMP.
>

I thought this could be worked around by using the ACPI PM timer?

Lee

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