Re: [patch] SMP fixes 2.2.1

Michael K Vance (mkv102@psu.edu)
Mon, 01 Feb 1999 10:51:11 -0500


MOLNAR Ingo wrote:

> - cycle counter isnt sync between CPUs (this fixes Mark-Andre Hopf's
> problematic board which gave time warps otherwise). Problem first
> proved/detected by Colin Plumb.

By any chance was this manifesting as a 5-minute time sink between reboots on
UP machines? I'm seeing just that with a simple 'shutdown -r now' on my P5-UP
setup. I'll investigate if this happens when I boot to Win32 (ie hardware
issue). As it is the whole 'date -s' routine is getting old ;).

m.

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