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SubjectRe: gettimeofday() non-monotonic on SMP kernel version 2.2.10
On Mon, 31 Jul 2000, Sam Thompson wrote:

> I work for a neuroscience lab at Caltech
> (http://broccoli.caltech.edu/~pinelab/PotterGroup.htm), and we are trying
> to gather data using a quad-processor SGI Visual Workstation 540. However,
> we are having trouble that we have diagnosed as a timing issue.
> gettimeofday() is non-monotonic, which is causing problems with some of
> the software we use, problems we can't really work around. We are using
> the 2.2.10 kernel, and we really have no choice as all of the hacks to
> make linux run on the Visual Workstation 540 are only available in a patch
> for kernel version 2.2.10 and none of us are very skilled kernel hackers.

2.2.10 is rather old and has in-kernel security issues. Please try
2.2.16 or the latest 2.2.17pre.

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Matthias Andree

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