From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Tue, 12 Jun 2001 04:39:38 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Tue, 12 Jun 2001 04:39:29 -0400 Received: from [194.213.32.142] ([194.213.32.142]:2308 "EHLO bug.ucw.cz") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Tue, 12 Jun 2001 04:39:23 -0400 Message-ID: <20010611223357.A959@bug.ucw.cz> Date: Mon, 11 Jun 2001 22:33:57 +0200 From: Pavel Machek To: =?iso-8859-1?Q?Mich=E8l_Alexandre_Salim?= , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Clock drift on Transmeta Crusoe In-Reply-To: <20010611113604.4073.qmail@web3504.mail.yahoo.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.93i In-Reply-To: =?iso-8859-1?Q?=3C20010611113604=2E4073=2Eqmail=40web3504=2Email=2Eyahoo?= =?iso-8859-1?Q?=2Ecom=3E=3B_from_Mich=E8l_Alexandre_Salim_on_Mon=2C_Jun_?= =?iso-8859-1?Q?11=2C_2001_at_12:36:04PM_+0100?= Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org HI! > Searching through the mailing list I could not find a > reference to this problem, hence this post. > > Having ran various kernel and distribution > combinations (SGI's 2.4.2-xfs bundled with their Red > Hat installer, 2.4-xfs-1.0 and 2.4 CVS trees, Linux > Mandrake with default kernel 2.4.3, and lastly > 2.4.5-ac9), compiled for generic i386 and/or Transmeta > Crusoe with APM off or on, one thing sticks out : a > clock drift of a few minutes per day. > > This problem might not be noticeable for most users > since notebooks are not normally left running that > long, but it is rather serious. I can choose not to > sync the software and hardware clock on shutdown and > re-read the hardware clock every hour or so but it is > rather kludgy. > > Any suggestions and/or user experiences more than > welcome. Let me guess: vesafb? If problem goes away when you stop using framebuffer (i.e. go X), then it is known. You are lucky. My machine is able to loose 2 minutes from every 3 minutes. try time cat /etc/termcap, and check it against stopwatch. Pavel -- I'm pavel@ucw.cz. "In my country we have almost anarchy and I don't care." Panos Katsaloulis describing me w.r.t. patents at discuss@linmodems.org