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    SubjectRe: 24 lost ticks with 2.6.20.10 kernel
    On 5/1/07, Kok, Auke <auke-jan.h.kok@intel.com> wrote:
    > Michel Lespinasse wrote:
    > > (I've added the E1000 maintainers to the thread as I found the issue
    > > seems to go away after I compile out that driver. For reference, I was
    > > trying to figure out why I lose exactly 24 ticks about every two
    > > seconds, as shown with report_lost_ticks. This is with a DQ965GF
    > > motherboard with onboard E1000).
    >
    > that's perfectly likely. The main issue is that we read the hardware stats every
    > two seconds and that can consume quite some time. It's strange that you are
    > losing that many ticks IMHO, but losing one or two might very well be.
    >

    Why do you have to disable all interrupts? Shouldn't it be sufficient
    to disable interrupts on the e1000 only?

    Lee
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