> > I cannot test anything (lack of hardware/time) but I have maybe
> > an explanation: The TSC is only activated after the first use of it,
> > following a power-on or a suspend; i.e. it is only counting after
> > the first "rdtsc".
>
> Its documented in the Cyrix errata and other notes. As to your fix there
> is a much nicer fix which sorts out the APM problems as well as the timer
> may stop problems and gives much better and faster clock handling. I've
> been running it for a while now without trouble
>
> Its done by Scott Ananian, Andrew Balsa, Phil Gladstone..
Delurking (aren't kibo filters grand?) ... I'm surprised to find out that
this patch still hasn't made it into the devel kernel. What's the holdup?
--Scott
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