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Date: Fri, 7 Jul 2006 12:54:31 -0700
From: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
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Subject: Re: boot errors in kernels 2.6.17-mm6 plus 2.6.18-rc1
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On Fri, 07 Jul 2006 11:55:15 -0700
john stultz <johnstul@us.ibm.com> wrote:

> Andrew, its likely after we get this problem resolved we'll need another
> detect-and-warn patch for this lost-ticks case so we don't just
> wall-paper over bad pic/apic setups w/ robust timekeeping. Does that
> sound reasonable?

Sure.  Feel free to add any debug mesages which you think make your work
more effective.  We can remove any excessively noisy/scary ones around the
-rc5 time if needed.