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To: Alexander Leidinger <Alexander@Leidinger.net>
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Subject: Re: TSC instead of ACPI: powerd doesn't work anymore (to be
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In message <20051028112833.7vs98zpvy808s04k@netchild.homeip.net>, Alexander Lei
dinger writes:
>Hi,
>
>I switched the timecounter used to use the TSC instead of the ACPI one
>(/etc/sysctl.conf). After rebooting powerd refused to start. I removed the
>line which changes the timecounter in sysctl.conf and powerd starts again.
>
>Is this expected, or is this a bug?
>
>If this is expected:
> - powerd fails with an unhelpful message

Alexander sends unhelpful bug report without including unhelpful message :-)

In general, if you run powerd to change your cpu clock (= TSC
frequency), using TSC as timecounter is _not_ what you want to do.

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