[Soekris] net4826/TSC Bug

[Chris Boot]

On 13 Jul 2006, at 22:30, Aaron Isotton wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I'm working with some net4826 boxes and I suspect that they are  
> affected
> by the TSC bug
> (http://lists.soekris.com/pipermail/soekris-tech/2005-May/008432.html)
> since they are based on the same processor as the 4801. Is that true?

They are indeed.

> There was some discussion about some kernel patches to use different
> timer sources instead of the TSC; was anything like that ever included
> in the mainline kernel?

2.6.18 will have the new scx200_hrt Hi-Res timer code that works  
really rather nicely along with NTP. I didn't have too much trouble  
with my TSC while I was using that, however. If you want to use the  
Hi-Res timer just download 2.6.18-rc1. If you get the latest git  
snapshot you'll also get my error LED code! :-D

Chris

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