Re: [discuss] Re: [PATCH for 2.6.18] [2/8] x86_64: On Intel systems when CPU has C3 don't use TSC

[Andi Kleen]

On Tuesday 01 August 2006 23:40, Sergio Monteiro Basto wrote:
> On Tue, 2006-08-01 at 19:10 +0200, Andi Kleen wrote:
> > > I had some faith in this patch , but this just enable boot parameter
> > > notsc (which I already use). And "just" disable tsc don't solve all
> > the
> > > problems.
> > 
> > What problems do you have?
> > 
> Hi Andi ,
> if I boot without notsc , I have many lost timer tickets.

Lost timer ticks print a rip. Do you have some samples?

Anyways, for a single socket Intel dual core TSCs should be definitely
synced so I don't know what could be wrong on your system. 
Please post full boot.msg at least.

-Andi
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