Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Sun, 11 Feb 2001 22:29:38 +0000 | From | Andrew Morton <> | Subject | Re: [OT] Major Clock Drift |
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Alan Cox wrote: > > > Hmm, I can make it loose 30 seconds in 12 seconds. Just cat > > /etc/termcap. Vesafb does this kind of stuff. [Yes, 3 times slower > > clock]. > > Why are interrupts being disabled for vesafb scrolling anyway ?
Console writes happen under spin_lock_irq(console_lock).
The only reason for this which I can see: the kernel can call printk() from interrupt context. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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