Re: 2.6.12-rc2-mm1

[Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>]

Brice Goglin <Brice.Goglin@ens-lyon.org> wrote:
>
> Andrew Morton a écrit :
> > Brice Goglin <Brice.Goglin@ens-lyon.org> wrote:
> > 
> >>Andrew Morton a écrit :
> >> > ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/akpm/patches/2.6/2.6.12-rc2/2.6.12-rc2-mm1/
> >>
> >> Hi Andrew,
> >>
> >> printk timing seems broken.
> >> It always shows [ 0.000000] on my Compaq Evo N600c.
> > 
> > 
> > What sort of CPU does that thing have?  Please share the /proc/cpuinfo
> > output.
> 
> It's a Mobile Pentium 3:
> 
> processor       : 0
> vendor_id       : GenuineIntel
> cpu family      : 6
> model           : 11
> model name      : Intel(R) Pentium(R) III Mobile CPU      1000MHz
> stepping        : 1
> cpu MHz         : 996.763
> cache size      : 512 KB
> fdiv_bug        : no
> hlt_bug         : no
> f00f_bug        : no
> coma_bug        : no
> fpu             : yes
> fpu_exception   : yes
> cpuid level     : 2
> wp              : yes
> flags           : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 sep mtrr pge mca 
> cmov pat pse36 mmx fxsr sse
> bogomips        : 1977.25

Mobile p3 has a TSC, doesn't it?  Confused.

Anyway,

> > Does reverting
> > ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/akpm/patches/2.6/2.6.12-rc2/2.6.12-rc2-mm1/broken-out/sched-x86-sched_clock-to-use-tsc-on-config_hpet-or-config_numa-systems.patch
> > fix it?
> 
> Yes!
> 

Ingo broke my kernel!