Bug#394753: system clock runs at double speed

FYI, thread on LKML about this problem: http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=116515388120984&w=2 and the resultant patch submission to -mm http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=116544146307403&w=2 Ian. -- Ian Campbell As flies to wanton boys are we to the gods; they kill us

Bug#394753: system clock runs at double speed

I see this also on AMD K6 system, ALI chipset (I don't have the precise details handy, will dig them out if required). I was able to work around the problem by using the "clocksource=tsc" command line parameter. The dmesg for 2.6.16 (which worked fine) contained: PM-Timer running