From: Andrew Morton <andrewm@uow.edu.au>
To: Eric Gillespie <viking@flying-brick.caverock.net.nz>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: More about 2.4.3 timer problems
Date: Mon, 02 Apr 2001 19:52:25 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <3AC93AE9.8AF73B94@uow.edu.au> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.21.0104031038070.4158-100000@brick.flying-brick.caverock.net.nz>
Eric Gillespie wrote:
>
>...
> VESA fb mode 1280x1024x16, clock lost 1m 35s in time
> ...
> Same command, normal (non-fb mode) lost no time off clock.
Is due to the 2.4.3 console drivers. They block interrupts during
console output. There's a fix in 2.4.2-ac<recent>.
There's also a patch against 2.4.3-pre6 at
http://www.uow.edu.au/~andrewm/linux/console.html
If you'd care to test the 2.4.3-pre6 patch for a while, that'd
be useful.
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2001-04-03 2:53 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2001-04-03 0:56 Eric Gillespie
2001-04-03 2:52 ` Andrew Morton [this message]
2001-04-03 4:55 ` viking
2001-04-03 12:33 ` Alan Cox
[not found] <3AC99E08.3C126F90@uow.edu.au>
2001-04-04 7:42 ` Eric Gillespie
2001-04-05 3:06 James Simmons
2001-04-05 4:21 ` Eric Gillespie
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