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Date: Thu, 8 May 2008 13:46:38 +0200 (CEST)
From: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
To: Philipp Kohlbecher <xt28@gmx.de>
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Subject: Re: clocksources: order of preference
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On Thu, 8 May 2008, Philipp Kohlbecher wrote:
> Thomas Gleixner wrote:
> > We also check the TSC with a watchdog mechanism, which verifies that
> > is is keeping accurate time. When we detect that TSC does not, we
> > replace it by the next available clock source.
> >   
> True. In all the cases I know, the watchdog mechanism worked and marked the
> TSC as unstable. The soft lockup only led to a (sometimes considerable) delay
> at boot time.

Yeah, there are some hard to detect cases. This TSC business is a
major PITA.

Thanks,
	tglx