Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 18 Nov 2004 06:06:24 +0100 | From | Andi Kleen <> | Subject | Re: X86_64: Many Lost ticks |
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On Thu, Nov 18, 2004 at 04:02:55AM +0000, kernel-stuff@comcast.net wrote: > I have a X86_64 laptop (Compaq Presario R3240) with all BIOS updates in place. I routinely get the "Warning : many lost ticks" message in dmesg.
Known problem. ACPI uses a broken way to access the EC register, and VIA chipsets take extremly long for this operation. This happens regularly to read the system temperature. A fix is currently being discussed.
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