linux-kernel - Re: [Regression] Negative time on Acer Ferrari One with current -git

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Message-ID: <alpine.LFD.2.00.1005221429360.3368@localhost.localdomain>
Date:	Sat, 22 May 2010 16:05:03 +0200 (CEST)
From:	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
To:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
cc:	"Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...k.pl>,
	John Stultz <johnstul@...ibm.com>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Subject: Re: [Regression] Negative time on Acer Ferrari One with current
 -git

On Fri, 21 May 2010, Linus Torvalds wrote:
> On Fri, 21 May 2010, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote:
> > 
> > Trying to boot current -git on Acer Ferrari One (64-bit), I get mount errors
> > for all filesystems telling me that "now = (null) is in the future" and when
> > run 'date' it says: "date: time <long negative number> is out of range".
> > 
> > Any ideas anyone?
> 
> No ideas, but apart from the obvious "maybe you can pin it down a bit with 
> a few bisection compiles", it's almost certainly through the timer tree 
> merge from Thomas, which included various wall-clock-time changes from 
> John Stultz & co.
> 
> I don't see anything else that would likely affect any wall-clock time, 
> but who knows..
> 
> John, Thomas? Ring any bells?

Went through the pile and nothing stands out.

The system has an AMD X2 with the jinxed C1E, so I'd rather suspect
that we managed to break C1E again.

Just tried to boot -git on my X2 machine and it does not come
up. Investigating.

Thanks,

	tglx
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