Re: Raq2 & 2.6.4 : Strange output fro msomewhere

[Kumba <kumba@gentoo.org>]

Massimo Cetra wrote:

> Hi!
> 
> (i'm new here).
> I have managed to compile CVS kernels for 2.6.4 and 2.4.25 trees on my
> Raq2... And they work great.
> 
> Now...
> Under heavy load (generating kernel_headers debian package), i saw the
> following:
> 
> -cobalt:/proc# uptime
> Unknown HZ value! (79) Assume 100.
>  06:54:27 up 14 min,  2 users,  load average: 1.77, 1.37, 0.69
> cobalt:/proc# sar 2 2
> Linux 2.6.4 (cobalt)    04/12/04
> 
> 06:54:32          CPU     %user     %nice   %system     %idle
> 06:54:34          all     18.31      0.00     81.69      0.00
> 06:54:36          all     16.67      0.00     83.33      0.00
> Average:          all     17.60      0.00     82.40      0.00
> cobalt:/proc# uname -a
> Linux cobalt 2.6.4 #2 Mon Apr 12 05:50:49 CEST 2004 mips unknown
> cobalt:/proc#
> 
> 
> What is : "Unknown HZ value! (79) Assume 100." ????????????????????????
> 
> Thanks..

What does dmesg say your bogomips are?  There's a patch that fixes a 
small calculation error.  Without it, bogomips reports in at ~2,500, 
instead of 250.  Call it a guess, but if you missed that patch, that 
might be your bug.  Otherwise, I'm not too sure.


--Kumba

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