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SubjectRe: 24 lost ticks with 2.6.20.10 kernel
On 5/1/07, Kok, Auke <auke-jan.h.kok@intel.com> wrote:
> Michel Lespinasse wrote:
> > (I've added the E1000 maintainers to the thread as I found the issue
> > seems to go away after I compile out that driver. For reference, I was
> > trying to figure out why I lose exactly 24 ticks about every two
> > seconds, as shown with report_lost_ticks. This is with a DQ965GF
> > motherboard with onboard E1000).
>
> that's perfectly likely. The main issue is that we read the hardware stats every
> two seconds and that can consume quite some time. It's strange that you are
> losing that many ticks IMHO, but losing one or two might very well be.
>

Why do you have to disable all interrupts? Shouldn't it be sufficient
to disable interrupts on the e1000 only?

Lee
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