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On 06/04/2011 21:58, Miroslav Lichvar wrote:
> On Wed, Apr 06, 2011 at 07:18:24PM +0100, Ed W wrote:
>> - I see a clear connection between my cpu Mhz as reported in say
>> /proc/cpuinfo (unknown if this source is reliable when processor
>> powersave in use?) and the stable chrony tracking parameters
>
> At least here, MHz in /proc/cpuinfo is affected by powersaving and it
> is a nicely rounded value, not what kernel prints in dmesg.
>
>> I'm quite surprised that others don't see this gross variation that I
>> do? For me at least I get no value at all from chrony's saved tracking
>> params because chrony is tracking an average offset of around 130ppm,
>> but the bootup variation is some 100+ ppm around that offset? Do others
>> get less variation with each boot?
>
> I just made a test with a 2.6.38-rc0 kernel and I have good
> news for you :). I noticed this in dmesg:
>
> Detected 3192.489 MHz processor.
> Refined TSC clocksource calibration: 3191.999 MHz
Hmm, will give it a try shortly.
> It seems to be this commit, merged just few months ago.
> http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/x86/linux-2.6-tip.git;a=commitdiff;h=08ec0c58fb8a05d3191d5cb6f5d6f81adb419798
Ahh, interesting - sadly the Alix has no PM or HPET timers so I think
this is unlikely to help *my* specific case, but it's very good news in
general!
Ed W
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