Re: Linux 2.2.18: /proc/apm slows system time (was: Linux 2.2.19pre3)

From: Alan Cox (alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk)
Date: Tue Jan 02 2001 - 12:31:29 EST


> This had been a report for a non-portable computer which should (Duron)
> indeed have a TSC, that is, /proc/cpuinfo lists one ;-) Do 486s
> generally have APM so it might be worth fixing/working around for them?
>
> If so, would re-reading from CMOS for boxes without TSC be a "valid"
> solution?

The TSC one is fairly sane, the CMOS gets messy because host and CMOS time
are not always the same

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