Re: [patch 4/9] Remove the TSC synchronization on SMP machines

On Tue, 13 Feb 2007, Vojtech Pavlik wrote:

> The interaction with ntpd can be fixed and I've done it in the past
> once, although the fix wasn't all that nice.

It can be and was fixed by gradually moving time instead of jumping to 
the new time. F.e. the time interpolator on ia64 gradually adapts the 
intervals so that synchronization is obtained.

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References:
- [patch 0/9] x86_64: reliable TSC-based gettimeofday
  - From: [email protected]
- Re: [patch 4/9] Remove the TSC synchronization on SMP machines
  - From: Arjan van de Ven <[email protected]>
- Re: [patch 4/9] Remove the TSC synchronization on SMP machines
  - From: Christoph Lameter <[email protected]>
- Re: [patch 4/9] Remove the TSC synchronization on SMP machines
  - From: Andi Kleen <[email protected]>
- Re: [patch 4/9] Remove the TSC synchronization on SMP machines
  - From: Vojtech Pavlik <[email protected]>

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