Re: [patch] recover losed timer interrupt using the TSC [Re: [patch]

Andrea Arcangeli (andrea@e-mind.com)
Wed, 17 Mar 1999 13:43:26 +0100 (CET)


On Wed, 17 Mar 1999, Ulrich Windl wrote:

>As a side-note: This is from Johan Swenker as a contribution to an
>NTP FAQ; have you considered it?

No, never seen it before.

>---------
>Question
>Every once in a while my system looses 30 msec. How comes?
>
>Answer
>You are running Linux; you are using automatic module loading using
>/sbin/kerneld. During module loading the kernel does not take good
>care of the time. If you can spare the memory, please load the
>modules at boot time.

My patch fix this problem fine of course ;).

Andrea Arcangeli

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