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From: Karol Kozimor <sziwan@hell.org.pl>
To: john stultz <johnstul@us.ibm.com>
Cc: lkml <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [2.6.0-mm2] PM timer still has problems
Date: Mon, 5 Jan 2004 23:17:58 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20040105221758.GA13727@hell.org.pl> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1073340716.15645.96.camel@cog.beaverton.ibm.com>

Thus wrote john stultz:
> If the override boot option failed, its most likely your system doesn't
> have an ACPI PM time source.  Instead it seems your system is having

Well, I don't have the slightest idea on how to determine this, though I
read somewhere that all ACPI-compliant systems have those.

> trouble using the PIT as a time source (which seems not all that
> uncommon unfortunately). 

Perhaps, though bear in mind it behaves so only if clock=pmtmr has been
appended and works fine with clock=pit.

> I guess we can just re-call select_timer() without an override if the
> override fails, that way you'll fall back to the default time source on
> your system. Try the (compile tested) patch below and see if that helps.

That would be PIT again, as TSC is unusable due to CPUFreq.
I'll try it ASAP -- should I test with Dmitry's patch applied?
Best regards,

-- 
Karol 'sziwan' Kozimor
sziwan@hell.org.pl

  reply	other threads:[~2004-01-05 22:19 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 18+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2003-12-30 20:48 [2.6.0-mm2] PM timer still has problems Karol Kozimor
2003-12-31  4:02 ` Andrew Morton
2004-01-04  0:44   ` Karol Kozimor
2004-01-05  6:17     ` Dmitry Torokhov
2004-01-05 12:18       ` Karol Kozimor
2004-01-06  8:31       ` john stultz
2004-01-07  6:30         ` Dmitry Torokhov
2004-01-07 17:01           ` john stultz
2004-03-29 15:44       ` Karol Kozimor
2004-01-05 22:11 ` john stultz
2004-01-05 22:17   ` Karol Kozimor [this message]
2004-01-05 22:32     ` john stultz
2004-01-05 22:54       ` Karol Kozimor
2004-01-05 23:18       ` Karol Kozimor
2004-01-05 23:30         ` john stultz
2004-01-06  4:32   ` Dmitry Torokhov
2004-01-17  1:54     ` Karol Kozimor
2004-01-24  0:55     ` Karol Kozimor

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