Re: AMD X2 unsynced TSC fix?

[john stultz <johnstul@us.ibm.com>]

On Thu, 2006-11-09 at 00:39 +0000, Sergio Monteiro Basto wrote:
> On Wed, 2006-11-08 at 20:53 +0100, Thomas Gleixner wrote:
> > This one is a lock dependency problem, which is fixed in -rc5-mm1
> 
> yes, oops fixed w/ and w/o notsc option.
> Other question, hrtimer in 2.6.18 found acpi_pm clocksource and use it.
> With 2.6.19-rcx can't get acpi_pm clocksource even trying force at boot
> kernel with clocksource=acpi_pm, any idea ?
> because with this clocksource my lost ticket disappears 

Looking at the dmesg in the bugzilla:
http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=6419

I noticed you're using x86_64. x86_64 doesn't yet support clocksource
overrides in mainline, as it is not converted to GENERIC_TIME. (Probably
printing out such a warning if an override is used would be nice. I'll
try to get to that soon.)

Now, the code to convert x86_64 is in tglx's hrtimer patch set, so I'm
glad to hear its working for you, however I'm not sure if it really is
solving the issue or just hiding it (as lost ticks won't affect
timekeeping when you use continuous clocksources and GENERIC_TIME).

To use the ACPI PM w/ a 2.6.19-rcX kernel, use "notsc", and you'll see
the line:
 time.c: Using 3.579545 MHz WALL PM GTOD PM timer.

Using the "notsc" option, do you continue to see lost tick messages
after bootup?

thanks
-john