Bug#412194: Cool!

[Alexander Schories <alexander@schories.com>]

>  So maybe others can use this and help us understand later the  
> "why" of it.


Well, timing (clock and event) is possibly even more critical for smp  
architecture than for single cpu systems. Trying to run k7-smp- 
systems with originally 1981 based timers ("pit") as clocksource  
seems to be strange right from the beginning..

Only a debug build coupled with knowledge and time could lead to the  
exact faulty code.


As far as i understand from the current kernel discussions,

http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?t=117209955500005&r=1&w=2

http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=117215082521287&w=2

at least 2.6.21rc has already additional patches regarding this  
issue. It will only use pit as possible eventsource, but possibly not  
as clocksource at all anymore.


So in the end i personally feel that there is no need to annoy  
kernel.org gurus about that - this decision is up to Steve&Co.  
anyway. And: This bug can be closed right now, means after "pit" is  
disabled as clocksource for k7-kernels.

Again, this is just my personal view.


Thank you all once again!


Alexander Schories
Tuebingen, Germany