Time going backwards 2005-12-04 - By Ed Wilts
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On Sat, Dec 03, 2005 at 01:03:45PM -0600, Ed Wilts wrote:
> On Sat, Dec 03, 2005 at 06:26:34PM +0100, Arjan van de Ven wrote:
> > try booting with "notsc" as kernel option.... in modern servers the
> > cpu's tsc counter is no longer reliable for time keeping...
>
> The help I've found on this says:
> NOTE: If your system hangs when init should run, you are probably
> using a i686 compiled glibc which reads the TSC without checking for
> availability. Boot without "notsc" and install a i386 compiled glibc
> to solve the problem.
>
> I'm using the i686 kernel as well as the i686 glibc on this dual-Xeon
> system. Will notsc cause me problems?
To follow up my own posting, the answer is yes. This system hangs on
boot with notsc passed.
.../Ed
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