>From: Dirk Jagdmann <doj@xxxxxxxxx> > >All those mainboard clocks are the cheapest you can find/build. It's >perfectly normal for them to leak several minutes per week. No. You did not catch the discussion: 1. Clock goes perfectly. 2. Use of CDROM device makes the **system clock** go faster. 3. Hardware clock does not go faster. Hardware clock is the mainboard clock. So, the problem is in Linux **software** kernel, not in **hardware**. Clear enough? ;-) Why kernel thinks the clock goes faster? Does reading the CDROM generate extra IRQs or something? Is CDROM device under the same IRQ than the system clock? What goes wrong? I have not yet verified if recording or playing audio makes the system clock go faster. If yes, it is not a good thing. Juhana -- http://music.columbia.edu/mailman/listinfo/linux-graphics-dev for developers of open source graphics software
