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SubjectRe: 2.6.25.2 - Jiffies/Time jumping back and forth (Regereesion from 2.6.24)


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Martin Knoblauch
email: k n o b i AT knobisoft DOT de
www: http://www.knobisoft.de


----- Original Message ----
> From: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
> To: Martin Knoblauch <spamtrap@knobisoft.de>
> Cc: Gabriel C <nix.or.die@googlemail.com>; Bart Van Assche <bart.vanassche@gmail.com>; linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org; hmh@hmh.eng.br
> Sent: Thursday, May 8, 2008 4:13:55 PM
> Subject: Re: 2.6.25.2 - Jiffies/Time jumping back and forth (Regereesion from 2.6.24)
>
> On Thu, 8 May 2008, Martin Knoblauch wrote:
> > on two different systems running 2.6.25.2:
> >
> > ibm x3650(2xDualCore)
> > -------------------------------------
> > [root@lpsdm60 ~]# cat
> /sys/devices/system/clocksource/clocksource0/available_clocksource
> > tsc hpet acpi_pm jiffies
> > [root@lpsdm60 ~]# cat
> /sys/devices/system/clocksource/clocksource0/current_clocksource
> > tsc
> >
> > HP Proliant DL-380G4 (2xSingleCore)
> > ------------------------------------------------------------
> > [root@lpsdm52 ~]# cat
> /sys/devices/system/clocksource/clocksource0/available_clocksource
> > tsc hpet acpi_pm jiffies
> > [root@lpsdm52 ~]# cat
> /sys/devices/system/clocksource/clocksource0/current_clocksource
> > tsc
> >
> > and on the DL380G4 running 2.6.24:
> > ---------------------------------------------------------
> > [root@lpsdm52 ~]# cat
> /sys/devices/system/clocksource/clocksource0/available_clocksource
> > hpet acpi_pm jiffies tsc
> > [root@lpsdm52 ~]# cat
> /sys/devices/system/clocksource/clocksource0/current_clocksource
> > hpet
>
> So on 2.6.24 the TSC is declared unstable at some point and 2.6.25
> thinks it works fine. Is this the same kernel config (aside of the 24/25 fuzz) ?
>
> Thanks,
> tglx

Just for documentation, I have opened:

http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=10656

Cheers
Martin



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