[ltp] Too fast clock on T40 with 2.6.7

Sasha Z linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org
Wed, 28 Jul 2004 17:10:32 -0400


I recompiled without APIC and that seemed to do it for me... I have a
T41p, and I had the zooming clock issue before I killed APIC on
uniprocessor support.

On Wed, 28 Jul 2004 15:35:17 +0200, Tino Keitel <tino.keitel@gmx.de> wrote:
> On Wed, Jul 28, 2004 at 14:09:34 +0100, Carlo Hamalainen wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > When I run 2.6.7 on my T40 I see the clock run forwards by about 60
> > minutes when only about 10 minutes of real time has passed. I can resync
> > the time using ntp, but it keeps on flying forwards. In 2.4.26 the clock
> > is fine.
> 
> This has nothing todo with your ThinkPad. It seems that some changes in
> 2.6.7 screwed up the system clock on certain hardware, including my
> Athlon XP based desktop. I tried some fixes grabbed from the LKML,
> without success, so I reverted to 2.6.6. Maybe you have more luck with
> 2.6.8-rc2 or the 2.6.7-mm patch.
> 
> Regards,
> Tino
> 
> 
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