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[ Expanding recipients list ] John Sigler wrote: > I'm using 2.6.20.7-rt8 on a P3. But some ntpd users have reported the problem with mainline kernels and different versions. > I've noticed that the frequency offset of my system clock (computed > either by ntpd, or by hand) changes drastically across reboots. > > By drastically, I mean +/- 60 ppm every time I reboot. > > Apparently this is caused by some imprecision in the frequency > estimation done in calculate_cpu_khz() (arch/i386/kernel/tsc.c) > > My brutally crude work-around was to skip the computation altogether and > hard-code the "correct" value for cpu_khz. > > http://linux.kernel.free.fr/cpu_khz.adlink > > Has this issue been investigated more thoroughly by other users? Regards. - 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/ | |||||||||
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