Re: AMD64 X2 lost ticks on PM timer

Andi Kleen
2006-03-01T14:56:19Z

On Wednesday 01 March 2006 15:46, Bill Rugolsky Jr. wrote:
> On Wed, Mar 01, 2006 at 12:53:58AM +0100, Andi Kleen wrote:
> > What chipset?
>
> Thanks for the interest, Andi.
>
> The chipset is NVIDIA nForce Pro 2200 (CK804). The mobo is Tyan 2895:

I have such a system sitting next to me and it doesn't show any such symptoms.
I normally don't let it run unrebooted over days though.

I would suspect some driver.
Do you use any special addin cards? What modules are you using?

> http://www.tyan.com/products/html/thunderk8we.html
>
> It's running the current 1.02 version of the BIOS.

My BIOS is

Version: 2004Q3
Release Date: 06/07/2005

(which is self contradicting, but oh well)

> Current kernel is the FC4 errata:

I don't run these kernels though - only mainline.

> 1141220165:151240: rtc 464 int 0 125 (=125)
...

Looks all ok. Your timer interrupts are ticking correctly.

> time.c: Lost 3 timer tick(s)! rip poll_idle+0x14/0x19)

Ok then it's not C1.

-Andi