[Freeswitch-users] Kernel timer warning with CentOS 5.4

[Bruce Hopkins]

OK - I've realised I do get the same warning with CentOS 5.3, it just goes
past more quickly so I didn't see it.  Maybe it is just the hardware ....

On 28 February 2010 15:37, Bruce Hopkins <jbrucehopkins at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I wonder if anyone would be able to advise please:
>
> When I build FreeSWITCH on yum updated CentOS 5.4, I get a warning when I
> start FreeSWITCH that
>
> "Abnormally large timer gap detected"
> "Do you have your kernel timer set to greater than 1kHz?  You may
> experience audio problems".
>
> I get no such warning if I build on CentOS 5.3, and the test timings it
> measures on starting FreeSWITCH do look lower.  All I was doing to upgrade
> to Centos5.4 was a yum update on the 5.3 build.
>
> I guess the warning comes from here:
> http://fisheye.freeswitch.org/browse/~raw,r=16409/FreeSWITCH/src/switch_time.c<http://fisheye.freeswitch.org/browse/%7Eraw,r=16409/FreeSWITCH/src/switch_time.c>
>
> This is all on pretty low spec hardware - a couple of different Dell
> optiplex p4's I use for testing.
>
> Does anyone happen to know if I should just stick to Cent)S 5.3, or use 5.4
> and not worry about the warnings, or if there is something I can do to fix
> the problem it is warning about.  Perhaps it is just that I shouldn't use
> such crummy hardware?!
>
> Many thanks in advance
> Bruce
>
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