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From: Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au>
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Subject: Re: calcru: negative time:
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>> >[deleted]
>> >calcru: negative time: -11929 usec
>> ...
>> This is caused by hardclock() interrupt latency.  The problem is
>> ...

>My i386 has really high numbers here.

Highly negative numbers?  They can't go more than 10000 usec negative
on i386's due to the causes that I know about.

>Could this be a spl<something() botch ?

Probably a splhigh botch.

Bruce