Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: [patch] recover losed timer interrupt using the TSC [Re: [patch] kstat change to see how much Linux SMP really scale well] | Date | Wed, 17 Mar 1999 06:47:51 -0500 | From | "Brandon S. Allbery KF8NH" <> |
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In message <DCA707608CD@rkdvmks1.ngate.uni-regensburg.de>, "Ulrich Windl" write s: +----- | As a side-note: This is from Johan Swenker as a contribution to an | NTP FAQ; have you considered it? | | --------- | Question | Every once in a while my system looses 30 msec. How comes? | | Answer | You are running Linux; you are using automatic module loading using | /sbin/kerneld. During module loading the kernel does not take good | care of the time. If you can spare the memory, please load the | modules at boot time. +--->8
Actually, I found that the automatic "rmmod -a" done every minute or so on Red Hat systems had an even bigger effect on drift --- even if there weren't any modules to be unloaded. (Sadly, building a static kernel and killing the module stuff didn't make it entirely stable.)
-- brandon s. allbery [os/2][linux][solaris][japh] allbery@kf8nh.apk.net system administrator [WAY too many hats] allbery@ece.cmu.edu carnegie mellon / electrical and computer engineering KF8NH We are Linux. Resistance is an indication that you missed the point.
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