I was wondering...

Is there any benefit to be found with the real time kernel by disabling apm 
or other features with the kernel parameters?
For example acpi=off  apm=off etc?


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Alex Joni" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC)" <[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, May 05, 2008 1:59 PM
Subject: Re: [Emc-users] 155 ms real-time delay every 10 minutes?


>I think this has been reported on the RTAI mailing list some while ago,
> there are machines where the TSC is not the most reliable source.
> Try looking at rtai_calibrate, that is supposed to help in some cases
> (but I'm not sure if only for userspace RT).
>
> Regards,
> Alex
>
> On Mon, 2008-05-05 at 09:34 -0500, Jeff Epler wrote:
>> On Sun, May 04, 2008 at 06:10:08PM -0400, Kenneth Lerman wrote:
>> > Googling: pit clocksource had been installed
>> >
>> > Got me to: 
>> > http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-bugs/2008-01/msg00541.html
>> >
>> > It appears from the above that you may be able to choose your clock. 
>> > Choose
>> > wisely.
>>
>> Regardless of what clocksource the kernel uses, emc *always* uses the
>> TSC for its internal time accounting (e.g., motion.servo-last-period).
>> This could potentially be changed, someone "simply" needs to re-write
>> rtai_rtapi.c:rtapi_get_clocks().
>>
>> Jeff


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