On Fri, 2008-04-25 at 16:11 +0530, Subrata Modak wrote:
> On Fri, 2008-04-25 at 12:36 +0200, Sebastien Dugue wrote:
> >   Hi Daniel,
> > 
> > On Fri, 25 Apr 2008 12:02:54 +0200 Daniel Gollub <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > 
> > > Hi,
> > > 
> > > in testcases/realtime/func/async_handler/run_auto.sh i found this comment:
> > > "The async_handler_tsc test is off by default for now."
> > > 
> > > Couldn't find any further information why "async_handler_tsc" is disabled 
> > > from 
> > > the runner script by default. Any further information would be very 
> > > appreciated.
> > > 
> > > I'm asking because this testcase cause on my machine:
> > > "Clocksource tsc unstable (delta = 28113083101ns)"
> > 
> >   Maybe you found the cause ;-)
> > 
> >   Maybe I could add that the TSC is pretty much an x86 thingy and even
> > on x86 platforms there are lots of issues with unsynched TSC.
> > 
> >   I think this test could be removed completely from the LTP, but I'll
> > let more knowledgeable than me people speak up on this topic.
> 
> And hence i would like to forward this mail to them.

I believe we had written this test to debug the other test with a lower
overhead clocksource.  Unfortunately, the tsc is x86 specific, isn't
consistent across CPUs on certain systems, and can have it's frequency
changed depending on by power states.  For all those reasons, I agree
with subrata, and this test can simply be removed from the LTP.

--
Darren

> 
> Regards--
> Subrata
> > 
> >   Sebastien.
> > 
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