Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sun, 6 Feb 2005 19:34:30 +0100 | From | Pavel Machek <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] Dynamic tick, version 050127-1 |
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Hi!
> > > > Ok, works slightly better: time no longer runs 2x too fast. When TSC > > > > is used, I get same behaviour as before ("sleepy machine"). With > > > > "notsc", machine seems to work okay, but I still get 1000 timer > > > > interrupts a second. > > > > > > Sounds like dyn-tick did not get enabled then, maybe you don't have > > > CONFIG_X86_PM_TIMER, or don't have ACPI PM timer on your board? > > > > I do have CONFIG_X86_PM_TIMER enabled, but it seems by board does not > > have such piece of hardware: > > > > pavel@amd:/usr/src/linux-mm$ dmesg | grep -i "time\|tick\|apic" > > PCI: Setting latency timer of device 0000:00:11.5 to 64 > > pavel@amd:/usr/src/linux-mm$ > > > > [Strange, I should see some messages about apic, no?] > > Yeah, looks like you don't have a local APIC then? Let me test the > patch here with just PIT timer only. > > It also looks like you don't have TSC either? Or do you still have > notsc cmdline option?
It definitely does have TSC, it is athlon64. It was probably disabled in this particular run. Pavel -- People were complaining that M$ turns users into beta-testers... ...jr ghea gurz vagb qrirybcref, naq gurl frrz gb yvxr vg gung jnl! - 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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