On Wed, 1 Dec 2004, Lotsa Cabo wrote: <reordering a bit> > According to what I have found on RedHat's site (through the help of > a few folks in here), I COULD switch out the kernel with an earlier > version from some other source. Did you try the 'clock=pit' boot option - from this reference?. Did it not make a difference? BTW: I don't think there was a mention of an earlier kernel-version. > The current kernels with FC3 have a clock issue with VMWare. They > request clock ticks too often (10 times as often) and VMWare > basically bogs down to a snails pace. It took over THREE hours for > it to come up today. If the 1000Hz -> 100Hz is the only thing you need - just rebuild the FC3 kenel with it. I hope you read the links pointed to earlier (vmware tips). Another related URL - with a hint (not sure if its related issue but..) http://lkml.org/lkml/2004/11/26/257 - Configurable 100/1Khz clock for x86 (James Bottomley) | 100Hz is great for battery life - Fix xtime adjustment error that could cause (Andrew Morton) clock slew Satish
