In article <[email protected]>, "Richard B. Gilbert" <[email protected]> writes:
>ISTR that there have been previous references in this newsgroup. >Specifically, EIDE disk drivers can mask or disable interrupts for a >period long enough to cause a "lost tick". I believe the group is >archived somewhere. . . . Old old old versions of Red Hat shipped with DMA disabled on disks. With enough disk activity you could miss ticks. It was trivial to provoke. -- These are my opinions, not necessarily my employer's. I hate spam. _______________________________________________ questions mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ntp.org/mailman/listinfo/questions
