linux-kernel - Re: TSC Problems (warp between CPUs)

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Date:	Sat, 28 Dec 2013 13:38:32 +0000 (UTC)
From:	el_es <el.es.cr@...il.com>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: TSC Problems (warp between CPUs)

Alex <xor <at> xor.bz> writes:
[snip quotes]
> 
> I suspect the TSC cannot be reset in the manner I just attempted (given 
> what was just said above)?  I gather this means I am out of luck and 
> this is impossible to fix (short of a miracle from my motherboard 
> manufacturer).
> 
> Alex.
> 
Not being a specialist here at all, so, sorry if it's a lame question,

why would the whole calibration routine be only ran once anyway?
Maybe a re-run (or a few) would eventually miss the SMI and 
the warp be gone? (and could be detected and added as a quirk/
workaround for buggy bios(es)/hw too maybe?)

(example from real life: guitar tuners [people that is] can go over 
the entire tuning procedure a few times before achieving perfection,
as sometimes tuning one string affects all the others)

-L.

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