Re: [patch] SMP fixes 2.2.1

MOLNAR Ingo (mingo@chiara.csoma.elte.hu)
Mon, 1 Feb 1999 17:45:08 +0100 (CET)


On Mon, 1 Feb 1999, Michael K Vance wrote:

> > - cycle counter isnt sync between CPUs (this fixes Mark-Andre Hopf's
> > problematic board which gave time warps otherwise). Problem first
> > proved/detected by Colin Plumb.
>
> By any chance was this manifesting as a 5-minute time sink between reboots on
> UP machines? I'm seeing just that with a simple 'shutdown -r now' on my P5-UP
> setup. I'll investigate if this happens when I boot to Win32 (ie hardware
> issue). As it is the whole 'date -s' routine is getting old ;).

i dont think it's related, but i can see that problem on SMP systems as
well.

-- mingo

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