Re: [PATCH 1/3] Updated dynamic tick patches - Fix lost tickcalculation in timer_pm.c

[Lee Revell]

On Wed, 2005-08-31 at 22:42 +0530, Srivatsa Vaddagiri wrote:
> With this patch, time had kept up really well on one particular
> machine (Intel 4way Pentium 3 box) overnight, while
> on another newer machine (Intel 4way Xeon with HT) it didnt do so
> well (time sped up after 3 or 4 hours). Hence I consider this
> particular patch will need more review/work.
> 

Are lost ticks really that common?  If so, any idea what's disabling
interrupts for so long (or if it's a hardware issue)?  And if not, it
seems like you'd need an artificial way to simulate lost ticks in order
to test this stuff.

Lee

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