> Im running it on a x86_64 box as we speak. How can I tell if there is a > certain mode that is permitting this? If the boot up says you're running with PMtimer then it uses the fallback (usually happens on pre Fam10h AMD boxes). A typical Intel box would use the faster ring 3 only TSC path and then explode with your change I bet. Or step with gdb through gettimeofday() and see if it does a syscall. -Andi -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-rt-users" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html