Re: 2.6.16.1 & D state processes

[Mike Galbraith]

On Thu, 2006-04-20 at 15:54 +1000, Srihari Vijayaraghavan wrote:
> A couple of interesting things I've noticed after its
> recovery:
> 1. Executing "time sleep 1", takes more than 1 second.
> It reports real as 3 to 5 seconds, while my stop watch
> measures it as closer to 50 seconds.

Ah.  Something bad happened to time keeping, and that likely screwed up
(time dependent) io, not the other way around.

> 2. Pressing & holding a key at the console doesn't
> produce repeating characters.
> 
> Thought they might shed some light on the problem. (I
> ought to look at all the RTC & Time related settings
> between my minimal .config & FC5's, for I believe
> they're connected.)

Good idea.  What time source are you using?  I'd try plain old pit.

	-Mike

(As an aside, I suspect you're going to find that you've got dodgy
hardware.) 

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