Re: 2.6.17-rc1-mm3: time-i386-clocksource-drivers*.patch broke userspace apps

[Laurent Riffard <laurent.riffard@free.fr>]

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Le 22.05.2006 21:36, Jim Cromie a écrit :
> Laurent Riffard wrote:
>> Hello,
>>
>> Since 2.6.17-rc1-mm3, some applications behave strangely here:
>> - video players (mplayer, vlc) are randomly frozen after less than 1
>> minute playing . They are killable by ^C.
>> - some network java application (freenet-0.7) quit after a few
>> minutes running.
>>
>> A bissection point out time-i386-clocksource-drivers.patch as the
>> sucker.
>>
>> I noticed that, since 2.6.17-rc1-mm3, pit clocksource is installed
>> instead of acpi_pm clocksource. Booting with "clocksource=acpi_pm"
>> does not help.
> 
>> Is pit clocksource broken ? If so, how can I get back acpi_pm
>> clocksource ?
>>
>>   
> Followup on the 1st Q:
> GTS v.C2 had some pit fixes, what happens now testing with
> clocksource=pit ?
> 

Sorry for this late answer.

Now, I can't notice any problem with clocksource=pit. Video players and
freenet-0.7 are running fine.

> [root@antares ~]# dmesg | grep -e clocksource -e "Linux version"
> Linux version 2.6.17-rc4-mm3 (laurent@antares.localdomain) (gcc version 4.1.1 20060330 (prerelease)) #10 Tue May 23 01:35:36 CEST 2006
> Kernel command line: root=/dev/vglinux1/lvroot video=vesafb:ywrap,mtrr splash=silent resume=/dev/hdb6 clocksource=pit
> Time: pit clocksource has been installed.

Thanks.
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laurent
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