Bug#395247: (fwd) Bug#395247: [s390] System clock runs wild (in hercules emulator)
This a known bug and is already fixed in the current git tree. AFAIK the patch
is accepted for 2.6.18.2. If you need it earlier, here it is:
http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=d9f7a745d55527d0d41684b22506a86c4381f7f1
On Tue, Oct 31, 2006 at 11:15:54AM +0100, maximilian attems wrote:
> could you please have a look at this bug?
> thanks
>
> ----- Forwarded message from Frans Pop <elendil@planet.nl> -----
>
> X-Original-To: debian@sternwelten.at
> X-Original-To: debian-kernel@lists.debian.org
> Subject: Bug#395247: [s390] System clock runs wild (in hercules emulator)
> Date: Tue, 24 Oct 2006 22:31:54 +0200
> From: Frans Pop <elendil@planet.nl>
> To: submit@bugs.debian.org
>
> Package: linux-2.6
> Version: 2.6.18-2
> Severity: grave
>
> After booting my hercules emulator with 2.6.18, I noticed some errors during
> a packages upgrade, like:
> tar: ./config: time stamp 2006-10-27 10:52:22.00126 is 4290.653417 s in the
> future
>
> Further investigation showed that the system clock in running wild:
> $ date
> Fri Oct 27 05:36:58 CEST 2006
> $ date
> Fri Oct 27 05:41:40 CEST 2006
> $ date
> Fri Oct 27 06:25:24 CEST 2006
> $ date
> Fri Oct 27 09:01:09 CEST 2006
> $ date
> Fri Oct 27 18:19:04 CEST 2006
>
> These 'date' commands were given within 15-20 minutes or so. Actual time
> when the emulator was started was around 2006-10-24 17:30.
>
> After rebooting the emulator with 2.6.17-9, the problem was gone.
>
> This series from a later boot with 2.6.18, taken within 2 minutes, is even
> crazier.
> It shows the clock jumping all over the place (real time Oct 24, 22:30):
> $ date
> Wed Oct 25 09:10:10 CEST 2006
> $ date
> Wed Oct 25 08:06:19 CEST 2006
> $ date
> Wed Oct 25 09:26:43 CEST 2006
> $ date
> Wed Oct 25 09:32:17 CEST 2006
> $ date
> Wed Oct 25 09:35:45 CEST 2006
> $ date
> Wed Oct 25 09:40:40 CEST 2006
> $ date
> Wed Oct 25 08:32:08 CEST 2006
> $ date
> Wed Oct 25 09:49:38 CEST 2006
> $ date
> Wed Oct 25 09:51:44 CEST 2006
> $ date
> Wed Oct 25 08:41:32 CEST 2006
> $ date
> Wed Oct 25 08:42:45 CEST 2006
> $ date
> Wed Oct 25 08:43:59 CEST 2006
>
> I'm running hercules 3.04.1 on an EM64T host system. The system clock on the
> host runs normally.
>
>
>
> ----- End forwarded message -----
> --
> maks
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