Re: Bug: timer going backward on a dual core

[john stultz]

On Fri, 2005-10-28 at 15:09 -0400, Claudio Scordino wrote:
> Hi all.
> 
> We have a dual-core AMD64 with the new kernel 2.6.14 and the 
> timer goes backward...
> 
> 
> CONFIGURATION:
> 
> Kernel: 2.6.14
> Distribution: Gentoo Linux 2005.0
> Processor: Athlon 64 x2 4200+ (dual core)
> Motherboard: Abit KN8
> Memory: 1GB PC3200
> 
> 
> PROBLEM:
> 
> gettimeofday goes backward and returns values that are not monotonic,
> giving values that are smaller than values returned before.
> 
> The system has been tested with timer as PIT, PIT/TSC and PM and the
> problem occurs with all the configurations. 
> 
> Here is the config file that we used for the PM configuration.
> 
> Any suggestion ?

Booting w/ idle=poll tends to work around this issue. You might check
with your motherboard vendor for an updated BIOS that supports HPET or
the ACPI PM timer.

thanks
-john

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