From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Sun, 25 Aug 2002 23:00:56 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Sun, 25 Aug 2002 23:00:56 -0400 Received: from host179.debill.org ([64.245.56.179]:61375 "EHLO mail.debill.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Sun, 25 Aug 2002 23:00:56 -0400 Date: Sun, 25 Aug 2002 22:05:12 -0500 To: Alan Cox Cc: Thunder from the hill , Linux Kernel Mailing List Subject: Re: kernel losing time Message-ID: <20020826030512.GA3264@debill.org> References: <20020825105500.GE11740@paradise.net.nz> <20020825215515.GA2965@debill.org> <1030320314.16766.25.camel@irongate.swansea.linux.org.uk> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1030320314.16766.25.camel@irongate.swansea.linux.org.uk> User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.28i From: erik@debill.org Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Mon, Aug 26, 2002 at 01:05:14AM +0100, Alan Cox wrote: > On Sun, 2002-08-25 at 22:55, erik@debill.org wrote: > > Would this explain my computer losing 2-3 minutes of time while > > ripping a cd? Normally it's dead on (w/ ntpd running to guarantee > > that) but while ripping or burning it loses so badly ntpd can't keep > > up. > > Could be - does hdparm -u1 on that device fix it ? nope. I still lost a minute or so ripping a single disc. This is using 2.4.19-rc3, though I've not seen a kernel where it /didn't/ happen. Erik