[CentOS-virt] Status of kernel divider option in 2.6.9-78.0.1

Sat Sep 20 15:21:57 UTC 2008
Akemi Yagi <amyagi at gmail.com>

On Wed, Sep 17, 2008 at 12:15 PM, Akemi Yagi <amyagi at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Wed, Sep 17, 2008 at 11:56 AM, Jeff <jlar310 at gmail.com> wrote:
>> On Wed, Sep 17, 2008 at 1:35 PM, Akemi Yagi <amyagi at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> On Wed, Sep 17, 2008 at 11:23 AM, Jeff <jlar310 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Our experience with HZ=100 in 4.6 kernels was nearly perfect time
>> sync, at least to within a second over one week. Not so with
>> divider=10. I will grab the -78 SRPM and give it a spin.
>
> That is very interesting.  This is the first time I've heard about the
> difference between the two with regard to timekeeping problems.
> Please keep us informed of your testing.

Just wanted to let you (and anyone who is interested) know that Tru
has kindly offered kernel-vm for -78 and -78.0.1 in his usual place:

http://people.centos.org/tru/kernel-vm/4/

Akemi