Re: 2.6.7-bk way too fast

[Vojtech Pavlik]

On Sun, Jun 20, 2004 at 10:54:47PM -0400, Jeff Garzik wrote:

> Something is definitely screwy with the latest -bk.  I updated from a 
> kernel ~1 week ago, and all timer-related stuff is moving at a vastly 
> increased rate.  My guess is twice as fast.  Most annoying is the system 
> clock advances at twice normal rate, and keyboard repeat is so sensitive 
> I am spending quite a bit of time typing this message, what with having 
> to delettte (<== example) extra characters.  Double-clicking is also 
> broken :(

Q: Are you using the atkbd.softrepeat=1 parameter? Or an USB keyboard?
   If not, you shouldn't be getting faster repeats even if the timer
   were off, because the repat shoul be generated by the keyboard
   itself.

> dmesg and config attached.
> 
> My guess would be someone broke HPET, but maybe not judging from other 
> lkml reports.
> 
> This is the _first_ 2.6 kernel that has been obviously and wildly broken 
> for me :(

-- 
Vojtech Pavlik
SuSE Labs, SuSE CR
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