[Soekris] net4826/TSC Bug

[Aaron Isotton]

Chris Boot wrote:
> 
> 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.

Ok, thanks.

> 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. 

I don't so much care about NTP. What I do is analyzing TCP traffic and I
need high-resolution timestamps for that (I need resolutions of 0.1 ms
or less). Until now I was using the TSC for that because jiffies don't
have the resolution I need.

Does this hi-res timer "magically fix" the TSC or do I have to use a
separate time source to use this scx200 timer?

> If you get the latest git snapshot you'll also get my error LED code! :-D

Now THAT'S what I call good news ;-)

Thank you,
Aaron

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