Re: kernel losing time

On Sun, Aug 25, 2002 at 05:01:19AM -0600, Thunder from the hill wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> On Sun, 25 Aug 2002, Volker Kuhlmann wrote:
> > I am stuck with a kernel problem someone can hopefully shed some light
> > on. It's also a bug report.
> 
> And it's already known. It's VIA chipset which obviously can't read the 
> clock ;-) Chipset kicking wrong interrupts, timer can't help it.
> 

Would this explain my computer losing 2-3 minutes of time while
ripping a cd?  Normally it's dead on (w/ ntpd running to guarantee
that) but while ripping or burning it loses so badly ntpd can't keep
up.

Gig athlon/VIA chipset w/ burner on a Promise PCI card.

Erik