Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 9 Feb 2017 16:21:13 +0100 (CET) | From | Thomas Gleixner <> | Subject | Re: [GIT pull] x86/timers for 4.10 |
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On Thu, 9 Feb 2017, Mike Galbraith wrote:
> On Thu, 2017-02-09 at 16:07 +0100, Thomas Gleixner wrote: > > On Wed, 8 Feb 2017, Mike Galbraith wrote: > > > On Wed, 2017-02-08 at 12:44 +0100, Thomas Gleixner wrote: > > > > On Mon, 6 Feb 2017, Olof Johansson wrote: > > > > > [ 0.177102] [Firmware Bug]: TSC ADJUST differs: Reference CPU0: > > > > > -6495898515190607 CPU1: -6495898517158354 > > > > > > > > Yay, another "clever" BIOS .... > > > > > > Oh yeah, that reminds me... > > > > > > I met one such box, and the adjustment code did salvage it, but I had > > > to cheat a little for it to do so reliably, as it would sometimes still > > > see a delta of 1 or 2 whole cycles, and hand me a useless wreck instead > > > quick like bunny big box. > > > > Can you share your cheatery ? > > I didn't keep it, it was just a bandaid for a fleeting use, dirt simple > ignore microscopic delta.
Can you send me the dmesg output of that box for a good and a bad case or don't you have access to it anymore?
Thanks,
tglx
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