Re: [PATCH] Updated: Dynamic Tick version 050408-1

From: Tony Lindgren
Date: Fri Apr 08 2005 - 05:57:21 EST


* Pavel Machek <pavel@xxxxxxx> [050408 03:30]:
> Hi!
>
> > > I think I have an idea on what's going on; Your system does not wake to
> > > APIC interrupt, and the system timer updates time only on other interrupts.
> > > I'm experiencing the same on a loaner ThinkPad T30.
> > >
> > > I'll try to do another patch today. Meanwhile it now should work
> > > without lapic in cmdline.
> >
> > Following is an updated patch. Anybody having trouble, please try
> > disabling CONFIG_DYN_TICK_USE_APIC Kconfig option.
> >
> > I'm hoping this might work on Pavel's machine too?
>
> The "volume hang" was explained: I was using CPU frequency scaling, it
> probably did not like that. After disabling CPU frequency scaling, it
> seems to work ok:

OK, good. I assume this was the same machine that did not work with
any of the earlier patches?

Tony
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