Re: Won't Power down (Was: More about 2.4.3 timer problems)

2001-04-18 Thread Eric Gillespie
On Tue, 17 Apr 2001, Andrew Morton wrote: :viking wrote: :> :> Incidentally, Andrew, thanks for that patch. : :My brain is fading. Which patch was that? Gee! 8-) and you suggested it to me! It was the patch against 2.4.3-pre6 which corrected the system clock slowing down, due to the

Re: Won't Power down (Was: More about 2.4.3 timer problems)

2001-04-18 Thread Eric Gillespie
On Tue, 17 Apr 2001, Andrew Morton wrote: :viking wrote: : : Incidentally, Andrew, thanks for that patch. : :My brain is fading. Which patch was that? Gee! 8-) and you suggested it to me! It was the patch against 2.4.3-pre6 which corrected the system clock slowing down, due to the interrupts

Won't Power down (Was: More about 2.4.3 timer problems)

2001-04-17 Thread viking
James Simmons wrote: > >Thanks, that solved my problem. Have added it to the patch... > >THe patch & 2.4.3 kernel seem to be working well, except that I can't get > >PowerOff to kick in - it stops dead there, where it used to power down. > > Is this the case when the patch is removed as well.

Won't Power down (Was: More about 2.4.3 timer problems)

2001-04-17 Thread viking
James Simmons wrote: Thanks, that solved my problem. Have added it to the patch... THe patch 2.4.3 kernel seem to be working well, except that I can't get PowerOff to kick in - it stops dead there, where it used to power down. Is this the case when the patch is removed as well. When does

Re: More about 2.4.3 timer problems

2001-04-05 Thread Eric Gillespie
On Wed, 4 Apr 2001, James Simmons wrote: : :>Err, tried the patch you recommended me to apply to the 2.4.3 source code :>(not the 2.4.3-pre6), but everything else started complaining it couldn't :>see printk() any more. Any advice? Thanks... : :Can you tell us your hardware configuration and

Re: More about 2.4.3 timer problems

2001-04-05 Thread Eric Gillespie
On Wed, 4 Apr 2001, James Simmons wrote: : :Err, tried the patch you recommended me to apply to the 2.4.3 source code :(not the 2.4.3-pre6), but everything else started complaining it couldn't :see printk() any more. Any advice? Thanks... : :Can you tell us your hardware configuration and your

Re: More about 2.4.3 timer problems

2001-04-04 Thread James Simmons
>Err, tried the patch you recommended me to apply to the 2.4.3 source code >(not the 2.4.3-pre6), but everything else started complaining it couldn't >see printk() any more. Any advice? Thanks... Can you tell us your hardware configuration and your kernel configuration. What do you mean it

Re: More about 2.4.3 timer problems

2001-04-04 Thread Eric Gillespie
Err, tried the patch you recommended me to apply to the 2.4.3 source code (not the 2.4.3-pre6), but everything else started complaining it couldn't see printk() any more. Any advice? Thanks... -- /| _,.:*^*:., |\ Cheers from the Viking family, | |_/' viking@ `\_| |

Re: More about 2.4.3 timer problems

2001-04-04 Thread Eric Gillespie
Err, tried the patch you recommended me to apply to the 2.4.3 source code (not the 2.4.3-pre6), but everything else started complaining it couldn't see printk() any more. Any advice? Thanks... -- /| _,.:*^*:., |\ Cheers from the Viking family, | |_/' viking@ `\_| |

Re: More about 2.4.3 timer problems

2001-04-04 Thread James Simmons
Err, tried the patch you recommended me to apply to the 2.4.3 source code (not the 2.4.3-pre6), but everything else started complaining it couldn't see printk() any more. Any advice? Thanks... Can you tell us your hardware configuration and your kernel configuration. What do you mean it

Re: More about 2.4.3 timer problems

2001-04-03 Thread Alan Cox
> I updated my kernel to 2.4.3 when the patch was released. As I said earlier, I > noticed my timer losing a few seconds over the space of a couple of > hours. Well, I have since found out that the amount of time lost is > proportional to the load on the machine: the heavier the load, the more

Re: More about 2.4.3 timer problems

2001-04-03 Thread Alan Cox
I updated my kernel to 2.4.3 when the patch was released. As I said earlier, I noticed my timer losing a few seconds over the space of a couple of hours. Well, I have since found out that the amount of time lost is proportional to the load on the machine: the heavier the load, the more time

Re: More about 2.4.3 timer problems

2001-04-02 Thread viking
Andrew Morton wrote: > Eric Gillespie wrote: > > > >... > > VESA fb mode 1280x1024x16, clock lost 1m 35s in time > > ... > > Same command, normal (non-fb mode) lost no time off clock. > > Is due to the 2.4.3 console drivers. They block interrupts during > console output. There's a fix in

Re: More about 2.4.3 timer problems

2001-04-02 Thread Andrew Morton
Eric Gillespie wrote: > >... > VESA fb mode 1280x1024x16, clock lost 1m 35s in time > ... > Same command, normal (non-fb mode) lost no time off clock. Is due to the 2.4.3 console drivers. They block interrupts during console output. There's a fix in 2.4.2-ac. There's also a patch against

More about 2.4.3 timer problems

2001-04-02 Thread Eric Gillespie
First off, CC: back to me, as my machine can't handle an estimated 200 messages a day for me to sign up to the list 8-( - Anyway.. I updated my kernel to 2.4.3 when the patch was released. As I said earlier, I noticed my timer losing a few seconds over the space of a couple of hours. Well, I

More about 2.4.3 timer problems

2001-04-02 Thread Eric Gillespie
First off, CC: back to me, as my machine can't handle an estimated 200 messages a day for me to sign up to the list 8-( - Anyway.. I updated my kernel to 2.4.3 when the patch was released. As I said earlier, I noticed my timer losing a few seconds over the space of a couple of hours. Well, I

Re: More about 2.4.3 timer problems

2001-04-02 Thread Andrew Morton
Eric Gillespie wrote: ... VESA fb mode 1280x1024x16, clock lost 1m 35s in time ... Same command, normal (non-fb mode) lost no time off clock. Is due to the 2.4.3 console drivers. They block interrupts during console output. There's a fix in 2.4.2-acrecent. There's also a patch against

Re: More about 2.4.3 timer problems

2001-04-02 Thread viking
Andrew Morton wrote: Eric Gillespie wrote: ... VESA fb mode 1280x1024x16, clock lost 1m 35s in time ... Same command, normal (non-fb mode) lost no time off clock. Is due to the 2.4.3 console drivers. They block interrupts during console output. There's a fix in 2.4.2-acrecent.