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List:       linux-mm
Subject:    Re: keyboard and USB problems (Re: 2.6.2-rc1-mm2)
From:       Vojtech Pavlik <vojtech () suse ! cz>
Date:       2004-01-23 21:10:51
Message-ID: 20040123211051.GB12647 () ucw ! cz
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On Fri, Jan 23, 2004 at 12:15:03PM -0800, john stultz wrote:

> > > If that is going to cause problems, then we'll need to pull out the
> > > use-pmtmr-for-delay_pmtmr patch. I guess our only option is then to use
> > > the TSC for delay_pmtrm() (as a loop based delay fails in other cases).
> > > I'll write that up and send it your way, Andrew. 
> > 
> > I've seen the PM timer breaking the mouse operation rather badly in the
> > past, the lost-sync check was triggering for many people when the PM
> > timer was used. This implies time inacurracy in the range of 0.5
> > seconds. Could that happen somehow?
> 
> Not in a way that I yet understand. Do you see similar problems with
> folks using clock=pit?

Yes, I do. However in several cases using clock=pit cured the problem.
In other cases the problem was cured by killing a battery applet in X.

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Vojtech Pavlik
SuSE Labs, SuSE CR
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