Re: kernel losing time

From: Thunder from the hill (thunder@lightweight.ods.org)
Date: Sun Aug 25 2002 - 17:02:07 EST


Hi,

On Sun, 25 Aug 2002 erik@debill.org wrote:
> Would this explain my computer losing 2-3 minutes of time while
> ripping a cd? Normally it's dead on (w/ ntpd running to guarantee
> that) but while ripping or burning it loses so badly ntpd can't keep
> up.

We call it 'heavy interrupt load'. The more errors can happen, the more
errors do happen. (And by the way, I've already seen VIA chipsets jump off
by hours.)

                        Thunder

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