Bug#354995: amd64-k8-smp kernel makes clock run fast

[Andrew Schulman <andrex@alumni.utexas.net>]

I have this problem, and it is not caaauused by the ATI timer bug.  I don't 
have an ATI chipset, and none of the suggesssted fixes for the ATI timer 
bug (booting with disable_timer_pin_1, noapic, acpi=off, notsc, etc.) has 
any effect.

My system clock runs about 5% fast, with a lot of vvvvaariability.  And as 
you can see, typing is difficult because keypresses get repeated 
sporadically, from 2-5 times each.

I'm running a customm   664-bit kernel 2.6.15 with amd64 userland.  I 
haven't been able to upgrade to 2.6.16 yet due to some iptables issues, 
but will try that next.  Meanwhile, I want to ask that this bug not be 
closed.  Although the ATI timer bug has been worked around, there are 
stillll some of us with the same symptoms that aren't causeddd by the ATI 
timer bug.

Thanks,

Andrew.