Re: amd64 sleeps too quickly
David Dumas writes:
>> $ time ssh pergolesi.debian.org "sleep 5; echo done"
>> done
>>
>> real 0m2.957s
>
> The problem is not universal:
>
> $ uname -a
> Linux feynman 2.6.7.2004-07-11feynman-amd64 #3 Sun Jul 11 03:09:04 EDT
> 2004 x86_64 GNU/Linux
> $ time sleep 5
>
> real 0m5.001s
> user 0m0.000s
> sys 0m0.002s
Note the difference in command lines: Ian ran "time" on an outside
machine, so that the machine was not timing its own "sleep" command.
This bug is probably one[1] that has been discussed at some length on
the linux-kernel list (after it showed up here).
[1]- http://www.ussg.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/0406.2/0182.html
and the ensuing thread.
Michael Poole
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