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From: Pavel Machek <pavel@suse.cz>
To: Tom Eastep <teastep@seattlefirewall.dyndns.org>,
	"Michael B. Trausch" <fd0man@crosswinds.net>
Cc: Josh Myer <jbm@joshisanerd.com>, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [OT] Major Clock Drift
Date: Sat, 10 Feb 2001 22:58:07 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20010210225807.F7877@bug.ucw.cz> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.21.0102040756120.5276-100000@fd0man.accesstoledo.com> <Pine.LNX.4.30.0102040908320.877-100000@wookie.seattlefirewall.dyndns.org>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.30.0102040908320.877-100000@wookie.seattlefirewall.dyndns.org>; from Tom Eastep on Sun, Feb 04, 2001 at 09:18:43AM -0800

Hi!

> I've discovered that heavy use of vesafb can be a major source of clock
> drift on my system, especially if I don't specify "ypan" or "ywrap". On my
> system (similar Hw/Sw configuration to yours), a 2.4 kernel "make dep"
> from a vesafb console will cause the system clock to drift 10-12
> seconds.

Hmm, I can make it loose 30 seconds in 12 seconds. Just cat
/etc/termcap. Vesafb does this kind of stuff. [Yes, 3 times slower
clock].

								Pavel
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  parent reply	other threads:[~2001-02-11 10:47 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 31+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2001-02-04  4:32 [OT] Major Clock Drift Josh Myer
2001-02-04  4:42 ` Manfred Bartz
2001-02-04 12:56 ` Michael B. Trausch
2001-02-04 15:18   ` Steve Underwood
2001-02-04 15:31   ` Hacksaw
2001-02-04 23:46     ` Alan Chandler
2001-02-04 17:18   ` Tom Eastep
2001-02-04 18:04     ` Hacksaw
2001-02-04 18:07       ` Tom Eastep
2001-02-05 13:25       ` Andrew Morton
2001-02-10 21:58         ` Pavel Machek
2001-02-11 11:05           ` Andrew Morton
2001-02-11 11:06             ` Pavel Machek
2001-02-11 11:47               ` Andrew Morton
2001-02-11 12:14               ` Peter Horton
2001-02-11 13:52             ` Chris Wedgwood
2001-02-05  1:18     ` Michael B. Trausch
2001-02-13  3:00       ` george anzinger
2001-02-13  6:51         ` Josh Myer
2001-02-10 21:58     ` Pavel Machek [this message]
2001-02-11 17:07       ` [OT] " Alan Cox
2001-02-11 22:29         ` Andrew Morton
2001-02-12  9:48           ` Alan Cox
2001-02-12 10:05             ` Andi Kleen
2001-02-12 10:10               ` Alan Cox
2001-02-12 12:14                 ` James Sutherland
2001-02-12 10:32             ` Pavel Machek
2001-02-12 10:36               ` Alan Cox
2001-02-12 11:38                 ` Andrew Morton
2001-02-13  7:24                   ` Abramo Bagnara
2001-02-10 21:55 ` Pavel Machek

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