Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 7 Apr 2006 17:07:06 -0700 | From | Andrew Morton <> | Subject | Re: 2.6.17-rc1-mm1 - detects buggy TSC on GEODE |
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Jim Cromie <jim.cromie@gmail.com> wrote: > > > FYI, > > as the 2 syslog extracts show; > 1. the new kernel is now detecting the buggy TSC on the GEODE-sc1100 > 2. the bug is apparently correctable by passing 'idle=poll' on kernel > boot-line. > > Heres one vendor's bug/erratta description: > http://soekris.com/Issue0003.htm > > > Apr 7 11:42:01 truck kernel: [ 19.160016] Kernel command line: > console=ttyS0,115200n81 root=/dev/nfs > nfsroot=192.168.42.1:/nfshost/soekris > nfsaddrs=192.168.42.100:192.168.42.1:192.168.42.1:255.255.255.0:soekris:eth0 > panic=5 BOOT_IMAGE=vmlinuz-2.6.17-rc1-mm1-sk > Apr 7 11:42:01 truck kernel: [ 24.314851] Time: tsc clocksource has > been installed. > Apr 7 11:42:01 truck kernel: [ 29.977802] TSC appears to be running > slowly. Marking it as unstable > Apr 7 11:42:01 truck kernel: [ 20.460000] Time: pit clocksource has > been installed. > > > Apr 7 12:35:56 truck kernel: [ 21.562573] Kernel command line: > console=ttyS0,115200n81 root=/dev/nfs > nfsroot=192.168.42.1:/nfshost/soekris > nfsaddrs=192.168.42.100:192.168.42.1:192.168.42.1:255.255.255.0:soekris:eth0 > panic=5 idle=poll BOOT_IMAGE=vmlinuz-2.6.17-rc1-mm1-sk > Apr 7 12:35:56 truck kernel: [ 21.563049] using polling idle threads. > Apr 7 12:35:56 truck kernel: [ 28.393469] Time: tsc clocksource has > been installed. > > > Its nice to see the buggy TSC detector detect, and the work-around work.
hm.
John, does this mean that enable-tsc-for-amd-geode-gx-lx.patch is only safe to merge after all your time-management patches have gone in? - 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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