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Date:	Thu, 02 Oct 2008 02:05:45 -0700
From:	Howard Chu <hyc@...as.com>
To:	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
CC:	linux-kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: APIC frequency too slow on HP dv5z

Thomas Gleixner wrote:
> On Tue, 30 Sep 2008, Howard Chu wrote:
>
>> More often than not, on a warm boot I see something like this
>>
>> msg.new:[    1.940031] Using local APIC timer interrupts.
>> msg.new:[    1.944031] APIC timer calibration result 466046
>> msg.new:[    1.944031] Detected 0.466 MHz APIC timer.
>> msg.new:[    1.944031] APIC frequency too slow, disabling apic timer
>>
>> On cold boots it may see 12.5MHz, or may not...
>>
>> [    2.000584] Using local APIC timer interrupts.
>> [    2.004067] APIC timer calibration result 12500236
>> [    2.004080] Detected 12.500 MHz APIC timer.
>>
>> I haven't figured out yet what the pattern is behind the behavior. Has anyone
>> else seen this kind of problem before?
>
> Hmm, strange. Which kernel version ?

I only started paying attention recently. 2.6.27-rc4 thru rc7 for sure. I'm 
running rc7 right now, that's what those log snippets are from.

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