Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sun, 7 Aug 2005 13:07:24 -0400 | From | Erick Turnquist <> | Subject | Re: Lost Ticks on x86_64 |
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> It's most likely bad SMM code in the BIOS that blocks the CPU too long > and is triggered in idle.
Might a BIOS flash help, or is this something that's there to stay?
> No way to fix this, but you can work around it with very new kernels > by compiling with a lower HZ than 1000.
Actually, it was already running at 250Hz. I must have turned it down a while ago while I was trying to find the cause of the problem. - 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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