From: Con Kolivas <kernel@kolivas.org>
To: Pavel Machek <pavel@ucw.cz>
Cc: Prakash Punnoor <prakash@punnoor.de>,
linux kernel mailing list <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
ck list <ck@vds.kolivas.org>, Tony Lindgren <tony@atomide.com>,
tuukka.tikkanen@elektrobit.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] no-idle-hz aka dynamic ticks-2
Date: Fri, 5 Aug 2005 07:20:17 +1000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <200508050720.18224.kernel@kolivas.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20050803211238.GA1291@elf.ucw.cz>
On Thu, 4 Aug 2005 07:12, Pavel Machek wrote:
> Hi!
>
> > > > As promised, here is an updated patch for the newly released
> > > > 2.6.13-rc5. Boots and runs fine on P4HT (SMP+SMT kernel) built with
> > > > gcc 4.0.1.
> > >
> > > Doesn't compile for me w/ gcc 3.4.4:
> >
> > Thanks for the report. Tiny change required. Here is a respun patch.
>
> Sorry, it breaks my machine in "interesting" way. Cursor no longer
> blinks, sleep 1 takes more than five seconds, ...
>
> Pentium-M in compaq evo n620c notebok, cpufreq active:
>
> pavel@Elf:~$ dmesg | grep tick
> dyn-tick: Found suitable timer: tsc
> dyn-tick: Registering dynamic tick timer v050610-1
> dyn-tick: Maximum ticks to skip limited to 13
> dyn-tick: Timer not enabled during boot
> pavel@Elf:~$
>
> Ouch, even system time seems to go slower. I'll try setting
> DYNTICK_USE_APIC next.
> Pavel
I assume you've confirmed this doesn't happen in vanilla rc5?
Cheers,
Con
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2005-08-04 21:31 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 17+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2005-08-02 12:25 [PATCH] no-idle-hz aka dynamic ticks Con Kolivas
2005-08-02 12:58 ` Prakash Punnoor
2005-08-02 13:00 ` Con Kolivas
2005-08-02 13:28 ` [PATCH] no-idle-hz aka dynamic ticks-2 Con Kolivas
2005-08-03 21:09 ` Pavel Machek
2005-08-05 0:02 ` Con Kolivas
2005-08-05 0:05 ` Con Kolivas
2005-08-05 0:23 ` [PATCH] dyn-tick3 tweaks Con Kolivas
2005-08-05 0:53 ` Nick Piggin
2005-08-05 1:39 ` Con Kolivas
2005-08-05 3:20 ` [PATCH] dyn-tick3 tweaks respin Con Kolivas
2005-08-05 3:32 ` Nick Piggin
2005-08-03 21:12 ` [PATCH] no-idle-hz aka dynamic ticks-2 Pavel Machek
2005-08-04 21:20 ` Con Kolivas [this message]
2005-08-03 21:27 ` Pavel Machek
2005-08-03 7:59 ` [PATCH] no-idle-hz aka dynamic ticks Russell King
2005-08-03 9:06 ` Tony Lindgren
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