<div dir="ltr">I know its been discussed previously on list, but has there been any progress to the timer issue on centos 5.4 32 bit<div><br></div><div><div>Linux pum2 2.6.18-164.el5 #1 SMP Thu Sep 3 03:33:56 EDT 2009 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux</div>
<div><br></div><div><div>[root@pum2 ~]# grep 1000 /boot/config-2.6.18-164.el5</div><div>CONFIG_HZ_1000=y</div><div>CONFIG_HZ=1000</div></div><div><br></div><div>i used a basic timer testing utility to confirm what we're actually getting</div>
<div><br></div><div>[root@pum2 ~]# ./timerchk </div><div><div>kernel timer interrupt frequency is approx. 1002 Hz</div></div><div><br></div><div>however, fs complains ...</div><div><br></div><div><div>2010-05-18 06:17:24.711360 [CONSOLE] switch_time.c:1032 Calibrating timer, please wait...</div>
<div>2010-05-18 06:17:24.861063 [CONSOLE] switch_time.c:223 Test: 1000 Average: 2992 Step: 50</div><div>2010-05-18 06:17:24.861097 [WARNING] switch_time.c:227 Abnormally large timer gap 1992 detected!</div><div>Do you have your kernel timer frequency set to lower than 1,000Hz? You may experience audio problems.</div>
</div><div><br></div><div>any recommendations, other than drop to 5.3? which is not doable as the box is a 5k km away ...</div><div><br></div>-- <br>wasim h. baig | principal consultant | convergence pk | +92 30 0850 8070 | peace be upon you ...<br>
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