On Thu, Jun 26, 2008 at 2:43 PM, John Thomas <gmane-2006-04-16 at jt-socal.com> wrote: > David Hollis wrote: >> >> Is there any detail on when you would actually need to use the >> clocksource= option? I'd love to not have to deal with the kernel-vm >> packages since there doesn't appear to be a repo for them yet and if you >> have other requirements like kmod-drbd you have to manually rebuild >> those. > > I use clocksource=pit because my VM clocks ran WAY fast without it. They > still run a bit fast (1 second per 6 hours type of thing). If you do not > use a clocksource option, how are your clocks? Yes, clocksource=pit is needed IF your clock goes faster. If the clock tends to go slower, use of the divider= option should do the trick. Akemi