linux-kernel - Re: Linux 2.6.21-rc1

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Message-ID: <20070223113500.GB1177@elte.hu>
Date:	Fri, 23 Feb 2007 12:35:00 +0100
From:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
To:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:	tglx@...utronix.de, dwalker@...sta.com,
	torvalds@...ux-foundation.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Linux 2.6.21-rc1


* Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org> wrote:

> I already bisected this on my old pIII, which has the same problem: 
> clockevents-i386-drivers.patch

yes - we know what the problem is (and will fix it): the stopping of the 
PIT - nmi_watchdog=1 is hack to use the IO-APIC's PIT pin to also signal 
NMIs.

Just to clarify, this problem does not occur if HIGH_RES_TIMERS is off, 
correct?

	Ingo
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