Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 1 Aug 2000 11:45:06 +0200 | From | Matthias Andree <> | Subject | Re: gettimeofday() non-monotonic on SMP kernel version 2.2.10 |
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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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