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From: James Pattinson <jamesp@××××××.org>
To: gentoo-amd64@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-amd64] Clock skew
Date: Wed, 19 Oct 2005 13:52:30
Message-Id: 43564F30.9080306@hisser.org
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-amd64] Clock skew by Tony Johnson
1 Tony Johnson wrote:
2
3 >On Wed, 19 Oct 2005 22:16, Jonathan Schaeffer wrote:
4 >
5 >
6 >>2005/10/19, Tony Johnson <tony@××××××××.au>:
7 >>
8 >>
9 >>>An additional problem is in my XP vmware... with SMP, the
10 >>>"keeyyyboooaaarrrd" is crazy, and any media files (.wmv, .ram, etc) run
11 >>>at x4 speed. Most annoying.
12 >>>
13 >>>I have:
14 >>>AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 3800+
15 >>>2Gb Geil RAM
16 >>>
17 >>>
18 >>Have you tried to remove a CPU and a Gb of your RAM ?
19 >>
20 >>
21 >
22 >:) It all works fine if the kernel is built without SMP (= effectively 1
23 >processor, and with the 2Gb RAM) Anyway, i can't remove any RAM due to the
24 >slot configuration (2 x 1Gb)
25 >
26 >
27 My timer was running more or less exactly 2x speed, and I had the same
28 vmware issue as you. The patch near the end of
29 http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=3927 worked for me, but it
30 only works when you have NO "apic-" line on your kernel command line.
31
32 Cheers
33 James
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Re: [gentoo-amd64] Clock skew Tony Johnson <tony@××××××××.au>