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Re: [Xen-devel] [Patch] Fix the slow wall clock time issue in x64 SMPVis

To: "Cui, Dexuan" <dexuan.cui@xxxxxxxxx>, Keir Fraser <keir@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, <xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [Xen-devel] [Patch] Fix the slow wall clock time issue in x64 SMPVista
From: Keir Fraser <keir@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 10 Jan 2007 13:49:34 +0000
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On 10/1/07 12:00, "Cui, Dexuan" <dexuan.cui@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> I just removed the vcpu_kick() in hpet_timer_fn(), and booted an SMP FC5
> guest:
> I found a warning message on the console:
> 
> Warning: many lost ticks.
> Your time source seems to be instable or some driver is hogging interrupts
> rip __do_softirq+0x4a/0xd2
> Falling back to HPET

Getting this message must just be a weird coincidence. Linux never uses HPET
as its source of periodic tick interrupts.

 -- Keir


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