Re: 2.6.12.3 clock drifting twice too fast (amd64)

Christoph Lameter
2005-08-16T18:05:27Z

On Tue, 16 Aug 2005, jerome lacoste wrote:

> Installed stock 2.6.12.3 on a brand new amd64 box with an Asus extreme
> AX 300 SE/t mainboard.
>
> I remember seeing a message in the boot saying something along:
>
> "cannot connect to hardware clock."
>
> And now I see that the time is changing too fast (about 2 seconds each second).

The timer interrupt is probably called twice for some reason and therefore
time runs twice as fast. Try using HPET for interrupt timing.

> I don't have visual on the boot sequence anymore (only remote access).

Use serial console or netconsole. The boot information is logged. Try
dmesg.