My 2.5.73 kernel is losing time

[Pierre Machard]

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Hi,

I am sorry but I cannot find the origin of the problem. Since 2.5.70, my
kernel has a lot of problems with its clock.

Take a look :

while ;  do ntpdate -u ntp.tuxfamily.net ; sleep 2 ; done

23 Jun 14:53:17 ntpdate[2018]: step time server 80.67.179.98 offset -1764.5=
08569 sec
23 Jun 14:53:18 ntpdate[2020]: step time server 80.67.179.98 offset -1.0987=
48 sec
23 Jun 14:53:19 ntpdate[2022]: step time server 80.67.179.98 offset -1.0815=
69 sec
23 Jun 14:53:20 ntpdate[2024]: step time server 80.67.179.98 offset -1.1155=
21 sec
23 Jun 14:53:22 ntpdate[2026]: step time server 80.67.179.98 offset -1.0964=
97 sec
23 Jun 14:53:23 ntpdate[2028]: step time server 80.67.179.98 offset -1.0972=
01 sec
23 Jun 14:53:24 ntpdate[2031]: step time server 80.67.179.98 offset -1.0819=
53 sec
23 Jun 14:53:26 ntpdate[2033]: step time server 80.67.179.98 offset -1.0975=
88 sec
23 Jun 14:53:26 ntpdate[2035]: step time server 80.67.179.98 offset -1.5777=
33 sec
23 Jun 14:53:28 ntpdate[2037]: step time server 80.67.179.98 offset -1.0898=
77 sec
23 Jun 14:53:29 ntpdate[2039]: step time server 80.67.179.98 offset -1.1160=
14 sec
23 Jun 14:53:30 ntpdate[2041]: step time server 80.67.179.98 offset -1.0809=
28 sec
23 Jun 14:53:31 ntpdate[2043]: step time server 80.67.179.98 offset -1.0988=
49 sec

I am running an AuthenticAMD  mobile AMD Duron(tm) Processor with an ALi
Corporation M1647 Northbridge=20

If you give me some advices, i'll be able to provide more information
about this bug. For instance I don't see anything strange in the syslog.

Cheers,
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                                Pierre Machard
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