Fast TSC calibration failed error

2014-07-17 Thread Roger Qiu
Hello, I noticed that the `arch/x86/kernel/tsc.c` has a pending patch to make this message: ``` Fast TSC calibration failed ``` into an Information Message instead of Error message. This the original post: http://lkml.iu.edu//hypermail/linux/kernel/1209.3/00224.html And here was the patch

Re: x86: "Fast TSC calibration failed" error

2012-09-24 Thread H. Peter Anvin
On 09/24/2012 05:04 AM, Paul Bolle wrote: > > 4) So, without even understanding why tsc calibration is needed, it does > look unnecessary to print "Fast TSC calibration failed" at error level. > If that's correct, I'd be happy to submit the trivial patch to downgrade > it to (say) informational le

x86: "Fast TSC calibration failed" error

2012-09-24 Thread Paul Bolle
0) In the dmesg output of the current session of a laptop I noticed: <3>[0.00] tsc: Fast TSC calibration failed (Apparently, this calibration succeeds most of the times, because most previous sessions have "Fast TSC calibration using PIT" in their log.) 1) This message was upgraded to