I had the same time drift issue. I have an Athlon64 X2 chip and an MSI-7100. It seems that the default system timer detection in newer kernels has changed. After searching the net, I found that adding the option clock=pmtmr to the /boot/grub/grub.conf for the kernel you are loading solves the problem (at least with my motherboard). A code sample from my system is below: default=0 timeout=10 splashimage=(hd0,1)/grub/splash.xpm.gz hiddenmenu title Fedora Core (2.6.14-1.1644_FC4smp) root (hd0,1) kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.14-1.1644_FC4smp ro root=/dev/VolGroup00/LogVol00 rhgb clock=pmtmr quiet initrd /initrd-2.6.14-1.1644_FC4smp.img > -----Original Message----- > From: Steven Ringwald [mailto:asric@xxxxxxxxx] > Sent: Monday, December 12, 2005 1:45 PM > To: For users of Fedora Core releases > Subject: Athlon64 + MSI = Problems with APIC > > Hello All! > > I am using an AMD Athlon64 and the MSI-7145 MB. The entry in > /proc/cpuinfo identifies it as an AMD Sempron Processor 2800+. The bios > on the MSI motherboard has been flashed to the latest version I could > find (1.4). > > I have installed two kernels on this box, the SMP and the UP kernel. The > reasoning behind the SMP is so that I can get APIC functionality. > > When the SMP kernel is running, I get constant rtc_mmss warnings on the > console, and the time drifts forward at a rather quick rate (even with > ntpd running). > > I was wondering if anyone had seen/solved anything like this before, or > if possibly a different motherboard is the solution. (I would like to > keep with the Athlon64, if I can). > > Thanks in advance! > Steve > > -- > fedora-list mailing list > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list
