Re: 2.6.0 "Losing too many ticks!"

[Michael Heyse]

William Lee Irwin III wrote:

> This is not particularly harmful. It just means the kernel has detected
> some variation in the processor's clock speed and is using a time source
> that doesn't change speed along with the processor's clock speed.

I had the same problem with an AMD K6-2 on VIA Aladdin V chipset, and it 
WAS harmful, time source not sane at all, because the clock went at 
about half speed.

What worked for me: using Andrew Morton's kernel, it includes a 
via-tsc-fix.patch, now everything's all right.

Greetings,

Michael
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