Kernel parameters... X86_TSC

[Thomas Charron]

On 8/15/08, Paul Lussier <p.lussier at comcast.net> wrote:
> We've run this across 2.6.18, 2.6.2[45] and set the clocksource in
> menu.lst to each of: tsc, hpet, acpi_pm, jiffies.  We can crash them
> all :(

  Oh, I meant to mention something else.  You can force a clock source
change by writing to current_clocksource with:

echo tsc > current_clocksource
echo hpet > current_clocksource

  I did just do a quick lookaround at the CLOCKSOURCE_WATCHDOG option,
and there seems to be an awefull lot of reports of issues with pretty
much every type of clock source out there between 2.6.16-2.6.25.

  Seems like searching google, I can find bugs of each and every
clocksource.  LOL.

  I say, it's time to go to clockless processors!  :-D

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-- Thomas