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From: Takashi Iwai <tiwai@suse.de>
Subject: Re: Timer instability
Date: Wed, 25 Feb 2009 16:04:45 +0100
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Wait a minute...

At Wed, 25 Feb 2009 12:34:37 +0000,
Clive Messer wrote:
> 
> hwsync: 1108800(0), 1113216(0)
> 25178947	25178947	25142834	0	4416	0	0	3
> hwsync: 1108800(0), 1113216(0)
> 25693169	25693168	25657142	21697	-18264	0	1	3

The time leaps indeed here about 0.5 sec.  Assuming this time-keeping
is correct, the avail and delay values there are acceptable.

In this case, apparently a buffer underrun occurs due to a sudden
system load or so.  It's no bug.


Takashi