jdow wrote: > Also try booting with "noapic" and "nolapic" options. (I'd LOVE to > know why the APIC screws up the ntp operations.) I'm sure the kernel developers would, too. But it's not that improbable, if you think about it. The kernel measures the passage of time by counting timer ticks. A timer works by sending interrupts to the CPU (which are received by the kernel) every so often. And a Programmable Interrupt Controller (such as the Advanced PIC, or APIC) is responsible for marshalling those interrupts and sending them on. James. -- James Wilkinson | The camel has a single hump; Exeter Devon UK | The dromedary two; E-mail address: james | Or else the other way around. @westexe.demon.co.uk | I'm never sure. Are you? -- Ogden Nash
