Re: amd64 sleeps too quickly

[Michael Poole <mdpoole@troilus.org>]

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