From: "James Wilkinson" <james@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> 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.
In principle it should make it better rather than worse.
{O.O}
