On Wed, Aug 17, 2005 at 11:06:06PM -0700, Alex Perry wrote: > I've been using a Turion64 based laptop for a couple of weeks, > installed with Sarge/Pure64 in a single boot configuration, > and everything is as expected. Just like my Athlon64 laptops. > > There's just one irritating thing. Unless I specify NOAPIC, > the system clock runs exactly twice as fast as wall clock. > It maintains that ratio irrespective of the CPU frequency. > It's true in both the Debian "kernel-image-2.6.8-11-amd64-k8" > as well as the most recent 2.6.12.5 stable release (local build). > > Has anyone come across a patch to fix the problem neatly so I > can turn my the APIC again? Just thought I'd ask on list ... > Alex. > > PS: > HP L2005: ML-34, ATI south & video, RTL8139, Broadcom, rest TI.
As far as I have been able to follow on lkml, this is a known problem on ATI chipsets. The cause has not yet been found it seems. it could be a bug in the hardware, or the kernel using the hardware slightly wrong. You might want to go look for that thread on lkml archives. Len Sorensen -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
