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Re: kernel: i8253 count too high

 
Aditya Apparao
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‎07-13-2004 07:19 AM

‎07-13-2004 07:19 AM

kernel: i8253 count too high

I am getting the following message many times in /var/log/messages
Jul 13 14:13:27 localhost kernel: i8253 count too high! resetting..
Jul 13 14:13:28 localhost last message repeated 35 times
Hardware=bl20p
OS=Redhat 2.4.21-15.ELsmp
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Mark Grant
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‎07-13-2004 08:48 PM

‎07-13-2004 08:48 PM

Re: kernel: i8253 count too high

This has been a kernel issue.

Have a look here

http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=97000
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Jerome Henry
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‎07-13-2004 09:15 PM

‎07-13-2004 09:15 PM

Re: kernel: i8253 count too high

Two solutions if this message really bothers you :
- Update to kernel 2.4.22, which seems to integrate the patch
- Applyt the patch to your kernel. Explanations on this message reason and patch here :
http://lwn.net/Articles/14536/

Hope it helps

Jerome Henry
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