This a known bug and is already fixed in the current git tree. AFAIK the patch is accepted for 2.6.18.2. If you need it earlier, here it is:
http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=d9f7a745d55527d0d41684b22506a86c4381f7f1 On Tue, Oct 31, 2006 at 11:15:54AM +0100, maximilian attems wrote: > could you please have a look at this bug? > thanks > > ----- Forwarded message from Frans Pop <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ----- > > X-Original-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > X-Original-To: debian-kernel@lists.debian.org > Subject: Bug#395247: [s390] System clock runs wild (in hercules emulator) > Date: Tue, 24 Oct 2006 22:31:54 +0200 > From: Frans Pop <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Package: linux-2.6 > Version: 2.6.18-2 > Severity: grave > > After booting my hercules emulator with 2.6.18, I noticed some errors during > a packages upgrade, like: > tar: ./config: time stamp 2006-10-27 10:52:22.00126 is 4290.653417 s in the > future > > Further investigation showed that the system clock in running wild: > $ date > Fri Oct 27 05:36:58 CEST 2006 > $ date > Fri Oct 27 05:41:40 CEST 2006 > $ date > Fri Oct 27 06:25:24 CEST 2006 > $ date > Fri Oct 27 09:01:09 CEST 2006 > $ date > Fri Oct 27 18:19:04 CEST 2006 > > These 'date' commands were given within 15-20 minutes or so. Actual time > when the emulator was started was around 2006-10-24 17:30. > > After rebooting the emulator with 2.6.17-9, the problem was gone. > > This series from a later boot with 2.6.18, taken within 2 minutes, is even > crazier. > It shows the clock jumping all over the place (real time Oct 24, 22:30): > $ date > Wed Oct 25 09:10:10 CEST 2006 > $ date > Wed Oct 25 08:06:19 CEST 2006 > $ date > Wed Oct 25 09:26:43 CEST 2006 > $ date > Wed Oct 25 09:32:17 CEST 2006 > $ date > Wed Oct 25 09:35:45 CEST 2006 > $ date > Wed Oct 25 09:40:40 CEST 2006 > $ date > Wed Oct 25 08:32:08 CEST 2006 > $ date > Wed Oct 25 09:49:38 CEST 2006 > $ date > Wed Oct 25 09:51:44 CEST 2006 > $ date > Wed Oct 25 08:41:32 CEST 2006 > $ date > Wed Oct 25 08:42:45 CEST 2006 > $ date > Wed Oct 25 08:43:59 CEST 2006 > > I'm running hercules 3.04.1 on an EM64T host system. The system clock on the > host runs normally. > > > > ----- End forwarded message ----- > -- > maks -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]