> > Gruss
> > Utz
> > Sometimes both CPUs get a timer interrupt and the system clock is running
> > twice as fast. One sysmptom is in xosview that both CPU stats are not 100%
> > but 50%.
> > And this seems to be the reason of various tinmeouts in SCSI and
> > NIC-drivers, because both CPU get an interrupt but only one is working on
> > it and the other gets the timeout.
> > Is this a known problem? Have I described it right?
> > If You want some more data, please mail me.
> > 
> > Greetings
> > 
> > Robert Sander       "Is it Friday yet?"
> >   @Home http://home.pages.de/~gurubert
> >     pgp available there
> > 
> 
> I have the same sympton here, I firts noticed it when x11amp moves 
> the filename of the mp3, and it doesn't fit and move it letf to rigth 
> and reverse, it just began to move faster than before, but after some 
> time the speed comes again to normal. It also happens with xosview, 
> and of course at the same time.
> 
> I have checked that the clock drift cause is in this speedups, and 
> after one of this speedups of about 3 or 4 minutes my clock is in the 
> "future" ;-) but /proc/rtc is OK.
> 

With plain 2.1.131 I can type date;cat /proc/rtc and I could see that 
I'm living in the future...  

Tue Dec 15 03:24:24 CET 1998

rtc_time        : 03:21:11
rtc_date        : 1998-12-15
rtc_epoch       : 1900
alarm           : 06:04:02
DST_enable      : no
BCD             : yes
24hr            : yes
square_wave     : no
alarm_IRQ       : no
update_IRQ      : no
periodic_IRQ    : no
periodic_freq   : 1024
batt_status     : okay


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