Re: time drift and fb comsole activity

2001-02-28 Thread Cort Dougan
} > } The fbdev console problem is too horrible to pretend to solve by resyncing } > } on timer interrupts. At least for the x86 the fix is to sort out the fb } > } locking properly } > } > How close is that? } } Its not in itself a big problem, but since it doesnt reformat your hard disk, }

Re: time drift and fb comsole activity

2001-02-28 Thread Alan Cox
> We have the same trouble on PPC but we make sure to re-sync on each > interrupt. We can see several lost timer interrupts after a ^L in emacs > running on the fb console. The resync lets us catch up on those interrupts > (and not lose time) but we still spend a lot of time not servicing >

Re: time drift and fb comsole activity

2001-02-28 Thread Alan Cox
> } The fbdev console problem is too horrible to pretend to solve by resyncing > } on timer interrupts. At least for the x86 the fix is to sort out the fb > } locking properly > > How close is that? Its not in itself a big problem, but since it doesnt reformat your hard disk, explode randomly

Re: time drift and fb comsole activity

2001-02-28 Thread Brad Douglas
On 28 Feb 2001 23:37:40 +, Andrew Morton wrote: > Eric Buddington wrote: > > > > I know this has been reported on the list recently, but I think I can > > provide better detail. I'm running 2.4.2 with atyfb on a K6-2/266 > > running at 250. This system has no history of clock problems. > >

Re: time drift and fb comsole activity

2001-02-28 Thread Cort Dougan
} > We have the same trouble on PPC but we make sure to re-sync on each } > interrupt. We can see several lost timer interrupts after a ^L in emacs } > running on the fb console. The resync lets us catch up on those interrupts } > (and not lose time) but we still spend a lot of time not

Re: time drift and fb comsole activity

2001-02-28 Thread Cort Dougan
We have the same trouble on PPC but we make sure to re-sync on each interrupt. We can see several lost timer interrupts after a ^L in emacs running on the fb console. The resync lets us catch up on those interrupts (and not lose time) but we still spend a lot of time not servicing interrupts.

Re: time drift and fb comsole activity

2001-02-28 Thread Andrew Morton
Eric Buddington wrote: > > I know this has been reported on the list recently, but I think I can > provide better detail. I'm running 2.4.2 with atyfb on a K6-2/266 > running at 250. This system has no history of clock problems. > > adjtimex-1.12 --compare gives me "2nd diff" readings of -0.01

time drift and fb comsole activity

2001-02-28 Thread Eric Buddington
I know this has been reported on the list recently, but I think I can provide better detail. I'm running 2.4.2 with atyfb on a K6-2/266 running at 250. This system has no history of clock problems. adjtimex-1.12 --compare gives me "2nd diff" readings of -0.01 in quiescent conditions. flipping

time drift and fb comsole activity

2001-02-28 Thread Eric Buddington
I know this has been reported on the list recently, but I think I can provide better detail. I'm running 2.4.2 with atyfb on a K6-2/266 running at 250. This system has no history of clock problems. adjtimex-1.12 --compare gives me "2nd diff" readings of -0.01 in quiescent conditions. flipping

Re: time drift and fb comsole activity

2001-02-28 Thread Andrew Morton
Eric Buddington wrote: I know this has been reported on the list recently, but I think I can provide better detail. I'm running 2.4.2 with atyfb on a K6-2/266 running at 250. This system has no history of clock problems. adjtimex-1.12 --compare gives me "2nd diff" readings of -0.01 in

Re: time drift and fb comsole activity

2001-02-28 Thread Cort Dougan
We have the same trouble on PPC but we make sure to re-sync on each interrupt. We can see several lost timer interrupts after a ^L in emacs running on the fb console. The resync lets us catch up on those interrupts (and not lose time) but we still spend a lot of time not servicing interrupts.

Re: time drift and fb comsole activity

2001-02-28 Thread Cort Dougan
} We have the same trouble on PPC but we make sure to re-sync on each } interrupt. We can see several lost timer interrupts after a ^L in emacs } running on the fb console. The resync lets us catch up on those interrupts } (and not lose time) but we still spend a lot of time not servicing }

Re: time drift and fb comsole activity

2001-02-28 Thread Brad Douglas
On 28 Feb 2001 23:37:40 +, Andrew Morton wrote: Eric Buddington wrote: I know this has been reported on the list recently, but I think I can provide better detail. I'm running 2.4.2 with atyfb on a K6-2/266 running at 250. This system has no history of clock problems.

Re: time drift and fb comsole activity

2001-02-28 Thread Alan Cox
} The fbdev console problem is too horrible to pretend to solve by resyncing } on timer interrupts. At least for the x86 the fix is to sort out the fb } locking properly How close is that? Its not in itself a big problem, but since it doesnt reformat your hard disk, explode randomly or

Re: time drift and fb comsole activity

2001-02-28 Thread Alan Cox
We have the same trouble on PPC but we make sure to re-sync on each interrupt. We can see several lost timer interrupts after a ^L in emacs running on the fb console. The resync lets us catch up on those interrupts (and not lose time) but we still spend a lot of time not servicing

Re: time drift and fb comsole activity

2001-02-28 Thread Cort Dougan
} } The fbdev console problem is too horrible to pretend to solve by resyncing } } on timer interrupts. At least for the x86 the fix is to sort out the fb } } locking properly } } How close is that? } } Its not in itself a big problem, but since it doesnt reformat your hard disk, } explode