Re: Kernel: 2.6.31.5: CE: hpet increasing min_delta_ns: What do these messages mean?

[john stultz]

On Wed, Nov 11, 2009 at 7:06 AM, Justin Piszcz <jpiszcz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I see these messages in my kernel log: (2.6.31.5)
>
> [   48.886129] CE: hpet increasing min_delta_ns to 15000 nsec
> [ 3258.107039] CE: hpet increasing min_delta_ns to 22500 nsec
> [53705.451463] CE: hpet increasing min_delta_ns to 33750 nsec

Basically it means setting the hpet timer interrupt failed because the
time it took to set it was more then the time requested.  Why its
taking so long is an open question, but we're looking into it in the
following bug:

http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=14426

thanks
-john
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