Re: More about 2.4.3 timer problems

[Alan Cox]

> I updated my kernel to 2.4.3 when the patch was released. As I said earlier, I
> noticed my timer losing a few seconds over the space of a couple of
> hours.  Well, I have since found out that the amount of time lost is
> proportional to the load on the machine: the heavier the load, the more time
> lost.
> 
> VESA fb mode 1280x1024x16, clock lost 1m 35s in time
> 996.52 user 166.82 system 23:19.40 elapsed 83% CPU 

The vesafb / clock sliding problem is fixed in the -ac releases.

Alan