The timer issue is OS independent, and is not related to Linux. 7.2 did not have the routines which attempted to fix the problem AFAIK, whereas 8.x does.
-JMS |-----Original Message----- |From: Sevatio [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] |Sent: Wednesday, October 24, 2001 3:04 AM |To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] |Subject: RE: [newbie] gigabyte GA-7ZXH | | |Jose, | |That's very interesting what you said. However, this wasn't a problem |when I had the machines running LM7.2. Also, it's not a problem when |running Windoze98. | |Sevatio | |>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Original Message <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< | |On 10/23/01, 4:51:06 PM, "Jose M. Sanchez" |<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote |regarding RE: [newbie] gigabyte GA-7ZXH: | | |> Yeap, that's the bug, but it's not Linux's fault at all! | |> It also happens with my Winblows machines. | |> Linux at least TRIES to do something about it. Windows doesn't. | |> Reading the timer.h and timer.c comments in the kernel code is most |> informative. | |> It not only describes the nature of the problem but tells you how |> Winbond and ALiMagic & VIA don't seem to be interested in |fixing this. | |> -JMS | | |> |-----Original Message----- |> |From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] |> |[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Sevatio |> |Sent: Tuesday, October 23, 2001 3:20 PM |> |To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] |> |Subject: Re: [newbie] gigabyte GA-7ZXH |> | |> | |> |I have two machines with the GA-7ZX-1 mobo. LM8.0 made the system |> |clock very inaccurate. LM8.1 made that same system clock even |> |worse. I'm very |> |disappointed with this problem. Although adjtimex can be |used to help |> |this, it still results in timekeeping that is less accurate than my |> |childhood windup clock. |> | |> |Sevatio |> | |> |>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Original Message <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< |> | |> |On 10/23/01, 4:33:09 AM, "Robert MacLean" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote |> |regarding [newbie] gigabyte GA-7ZXH: |> | |> | |> |> Does any here use the GA-7ZXH motherboard with M8 or M8.1? I want |> |> to buy it but I just want to see if it will work first. I checked |> |> mandrakes hardware list and they had the GA-7ZXR (raid |version), so |> |> I think it will, but I just want to check |> |first. It uses |> |> the VIA KT133A chipset. thanx |> | |> |> ___________________________________________ |> |> Robert MacLean |> | |> | |
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