Re: PATCH: Assume PM Timer to be reliable on broken board/BIOS

2005-08-10 Thread Olivier Fourdan
On 7/27/05, Robert Hancock <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > In a nutshell, sometimes, the PIT/TSC timer runs 3x too fast [1]. That > > causes many issues, including DMA errors, MCE, and clock running way too > > fast (making the laptop unusable for any software development). So far, > > no BIOS

Re: PATCH: Assume PM Timer to be reliable on broken board/BIOS

2005-08-10 Thread Olivier Fourdan
On 7/27/05, Robert Hancock [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In a nutshell, sometimes, the PIT/TSC timer runs 3x too fast [1]. That causes many issues, including DMA errors, MCE, and clock running way too fast (making the laptop unusable for any software development). So far, no BIOS update was

Re: PATCH: Assume PM Timer to be reliable on broken board/BIOS

2005-07-26 Thread Olivier Fourdan
On Tue, 2005-07-26 at 17:34 -0600, Robert Hancock wrote: > > In a nutshell, sometimes, the PIT/TSC timer runs 3x too fast [1]. That > > causes many issues, including DMA errors, MCE, and clock running way too > > fast (making the laptop unusable for any software development). So far, > > no BIOS

Re: PATCH: Assume PM Timer to be reliable on broken board/BIOS

2005-07-26 Thread Robert Hancock
Olivier Fourdan wrote: Hi all, Background == I have a laptop (Compaq R3480EA, AMD 64 3400+ with NForce3) and reported multiple problems related to timer issues. In a nutshell, sometimes, the PIT/TSC timer runs 3x too fast [1]. That causes many issues, including DMA errors, MCE, and

PATCH: Assume PM Timer to be reliable on broken board/BIOS

2005-07-26 Thread Olivier Fourdan
Hi all, Background == I have a laptop (Compaq R3480EA, AMD 64 3400+ with NForce3) and reported multiple problems related to timer issues. In a nutshell, sometimes, the PIT/TSC timer runs 3x too fast [1]. That causes many issues, including DMA errors, MCE, and clock running way too fast

PATCH: Assume PM Timer to be reliable on broken board/BIOS

2005-07-26 Thread Olivier Fourdan
Hi all, Background == I have a laptop (Compaq R3480EA, AMD 64 3400+ with NForce3) and reported multiple problems related to timer issues. In a nutshell, sometimes, the PIT/TSC timer runs 3x too fast [1]. That causes many issues, including DMA errors, MCE, and clock running way too fast

Re: PATCH: Assume PM Timer to be reliable on broken board/BIOS

2005-07-26 Thread Robert Hancock
Olivier Fourdan wrote: Hi all, Background == I have a laptop (Compaq R3480EA, AMD 64 3400+ with NForce3) and reported multiple problems related to timer issues. In a nutshell, sometimes, the PIT/TSC timer runs 3x too fast [1]. That causes many issues, including DMA errors, MCE, and

Re: PATCH: Assume PM Timer to be reliable on broken board/BIOS

2005-07-26 Thread Olivier Fourdan
On Tue, 2005-07-26 at 17:34 -0600, Robert Hancock wrote: In a nutshell, sometimes, the PIT/TSC timer runs 3x too fast [1]. That causes many issues, including DMA errors, MCE, and clock running way too fast (making the laptop unusable for any software development). So far, no BIOS update