From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S261316AbUKSQDT (ORCPT ); Fri, 19 Nov 2004 11:03:19 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S261453AbUKSP7D (ORCPT ); Fri, 19 Nov 2004 10:59:03 -0500 Received: from fsmlabs.com ([168.103.115.128]:64958 "EHLO fsmlabs.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S261446AbUKSP5t (ORCPT ); Fri, 19 Nov 2004 10:57:49 -0500 Date: Fri, 19 Nov 2004 08:57:24 -0700 (MST) From: Zwane Mwaikambo To: kernel-stuff cc: Andi Kleen , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, acurrid@nvidia.com Subject: Re: X86_64: Many Lost ticks In-Reply-To: <200411182056.03184.kernel-stuff@comcast.net> Message-ID: References: <111820041702.27846.419CD5AD000313A800006CC6220588448400009A9B9CD3040A029D0A05@comcast.net> <20041118184904.GN17532@wotan.suse.de> <200411182056.03184.kernel-stuff@comcast.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Thu, 18 Nov 2004, kernel-stuff wrote: > Ignore my earlier mail about the DMA timeouts and NMI errors after applying > the ACPI timer override patch. My bad. I forgot to recompile the modules > after I applied your patch - and I believe thats what caused those errors. > I recompiled and reinstalled the modules this time and no errors [well, apart > from those lost ticks, which anyway is a separate issue] with the ACPI Timer > override for NVIDIA chipset. > > Alan - Needless to say you should keep Andi's NVIDIA ACPI Timer override patch > in -ac. It works. > > Sorry for the confusion! Thanks for confirming that Parry, so your system definitely is using the IOAPIC now (/proc/interrupts output should suffice)? Zwane